Petition #21184501
- Madison County, Missouri. September 4, 1845. - September 4, 1845.
- Court: County
- Salutation: To Thomas Cooper and William Anthony Esqr Justices of the County Court of Madison County, in the State of Missouri
Abstract
William M. McMurtrey, executor of the last will and testament of the late William McMurtrey, seeks a court order to move an "extremely ill" estate slave from the county jail to a private residence in order to "restore her to health." Vicey, "charged before said Justice with killing her infant child, wilfully and knowingly," is greatly endangered "in consequence of the extreme heat, and small dimensions of said Jail." McMurtrey cites that "the opinion of at least two of our physicians" confirms that Vicey requires the kind of "indispensable care" that she cannot receive in a jail setting and avows himself that her "sufferings" deserve "the necessary care which in humanity should be given her." He beseeches the court to allow her a transfer to the jailer's place of residence until her recovery "may warrant her re-commitment to said Jail." The jailer, Felix Gregory, assents to take charge of Vicey. In related documents, Catharine McMurtrey deposes that Vicey smothered her six-month-old son Stephen because "the devil had told her to put it away."
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Warrant, Vicy [Vicey], 1 September 1845; Writ of Habeas Corpus, Vicy, 4 September 1845; Order, 4 September 1845; Depositions, Sarah McMurtry, Catharine McMurtry, Mary Ann Campbell, Mariah White, Dr. J. J. Booth, 28 August 1845; Bill of Indictment, 14 October 1845; Jury Instructions, ca. 28 August 1845; Verdict of the Jury, 28 August 1845; List of Witnesses, 14 October 1845; Subpoena, Mary Ann [Mayan] Campbell, John J. Booth, 14 October 1845; Sheriff's Return, 15 October 1845; Subpoena, Isaac Bagnall [Bagnell], Robert Franks, 14 October 1845; Sheriff's Return, 14 October 1845; Itemization of Deponents' Expenses, ca. 14 October 1845; Subpoena, William M. Ellis, John J. Booth, William Anthony, 14 October 1845; Sheriff's Return, 14 October 1845; Subpoena, Sarah McMurtrey, Catharine McMurtrey, Mariah White, 14 October 1845; Subpoena, Charles K. Henderson, Dilly [Dil] Tidwell, Felix G. Gregory, 14 October 1845; Sheriff's Returns, 15 October 1845, 14 October 1845; Subpoena, 14 October 1845; Coroner's Warrant, Sarah McMurtrey, Catharine McMurtrey, 27 August 1845; Coroner's Warrant, Mayan Campbell, 28 August 1845; Coroner's Warrant, Mariah White, Dil Tidwell, 27 August 1845; Coroner's Warrant, Morgan Stone, Macay[?] Stone, 27 August 1845; Coroner's Warrant, 27 August 1845
- Pages of related documents: 30
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Citation information
Repository: Madison County Courthouse, Fredericktown, Missouri
- Records of the Circuit Court [Provided courtesy of Kenneth Winn, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri]
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