Petition #21084614

• Noxubee County, Mississippi. April 15, 1846. - April 14, 1846.
• Court: Chancery
• Salutation: To the Honorable Stephen Cocke Chancellor of the state of Mississippi

Abstract

Joseph Wallis states that, "on the night of the eleventh day of April AD 1846," sixteen slaves, to which he held "right and lawful claim," were "taken from his residence by force fraud or stratagem without due process of law" while "your Petitioner was asleep." Citing that said slaves "are now in Noxubee County Jail," the petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Affidavit, Joseph Wallis, 14 April 1846; Order, 15 April 1846; Testimony, John Wallis, 18 April 1846; Order, 18 April 1846; Writ of Habeas Corpus, 14 April 1846; Answers, William Smith, James Murray, Andrew Kircheville, and Isaac Wellborn, 18 April 1846
• Pages of related documents: 13

22 people are documented within petition 21084614

• 16 Enslaved
• 4 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Noxubee County Courthouse, Macon, Mississippi

• Records of the Chancery Court

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Theft of enslaved