<petition><petition_analysis_number>21083704</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21083704</petition_url><state>Mississippi</state><county>Adams</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>19</file_day><file_month>5</file_month><file_year>1837</file_year><filing_court>Chancery</filing_court><end_month>6</end_month><end_year>1838</end_year><ending_court>Chancery</ending_court><result>dismissed</result><enslaved_count>2</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Historic Natchez Foundation Archives</repository><abstract>T. P. Bradish states that his slave, Peter, is in jail on assault and battery charges.  The petitioner prays for a writ of habeas corpus and permission to exercise the right to post bail for the accused.</abstract><subjects><subject>Jails/Workhouses</subject><subject>Trials (enslaved)</subject><subject>Testimony (enslaved)</subject><subject>Assault</subject></subjects></petition>