Petition #21183208
- St. Louis County, Missouri. May 23, 1832. - May 23, 1832.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the Circuit Court within & for the county of St. Louis
Abstract
Marianne, a person of color, sues by her next friend and mother, Lydia Titus, stating that Lydia was once owned by one Elisha Mitchell [Mitchel]. She informs the court that Mitchell moved to Illinois in 1807, taking Lydia with him. She further asserts that upon Mitchell's death her mother sued and received her freedom in Illinois from Mitchell's widow, who was the administratrix of the estate. Marianne maintains that Lydia remained in Illinois, where she had several children. She insists that she and her siblings lived "in the uninterrupted injoyment of [their] liberty" until a few days ago when Alexander P. Fields and Elijah Mitchell had her arrested, imprisoned, and brought to St. Louis, where she is detained as a slave. Citing that Fields and Mitchel "threaten and intend to remove her immediately out of this state and hold or sell her as a slave," Marianne "prays that she may be allowed to sue as a poor person" to establish her freedom.
Result: Petition granted; plea of trespass filed, granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PARs #21381602, #21183111, #21183201, #21183202, #21183203, #21383213, #21183215; Affidavit, Nathan Cole, ca. 23 May 1832; Order, 23 May 1832; Sheriff's Returns, 24 and 26 May 1832; Plea of Trespass, Marianne vs. Alexander P. Fields and Elijah Mitchel [Mitchell], 23 May 1832; Subpoena, Alexander P. Fields and Elijah Mitchel, 23 May 1832; Copy of Order, 23 May 1832; Sheriff's Return, 24 May 1832; Writ of Habeas Corpus to George Hammond for Marianne, 26 May 1832; Reply to Writ, George Hammond, 30 May 1832; Order to Hire Out, 30 May 1832; Notice to Take Depositions, Henry G. Mitchell, Henry C. Russell, Martin Mitchell, 23 July 1832; Sheriff's Return, 23 July 1832; Plea, Alexander P. Fields and Elijah Mitchel, 26 July 1832; Depositions, Sollomon Shook, William Everett, Daniel Winn, and Kitty Everett, 31 July 1832; Justice's Certification, 31 July 1832; Clerk's Certification, 11 August 1832; Exceptions to Depositions, Marianne, 23 March 1833; Subpoena, Nathan Cole and William H. Hopkins, 1 May 1833; Sheriff's Returns, 2 and 3 May 1832; Subpoena, Stephen W. Foreman and Elijah Curtis, 2 May 1833; Subpoena, George Swagert and Christopher Haldeman, 3 May 1833; Sheriff's Return, n.d.; Plaintiff's Instructions for Jury, n.d.; Defendants' Instructions for Jury, n.d.; Jury Verdict, ca. 1833
- Pages of related documents: 30
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Repository: Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Missouri
- Records of the Circuit Court
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