Petition #21286705
- Davidson County, North Carolina. June 17, 1867. - June 1867.
- Court: Superior
- Salutation: To the Honorable William M. Shipp one of the Judges of the Superior Courts of Law and Equity for said State
Abstract
Robert L. Michael is imprisoned in the Davidson County jail on charges of murdering Martha Davis, a black girl. He believes that he is being unjustly held and is entitled to "discharge or at least to bail." He asks for a writ of habeas corpus requiring the sheriff to bring him before the court so that the cause of his detention "may be inquired into and relief offered." Related testimonies reveal that Robert Michael was approximately fifteen years of age and Martha Davis thirteen.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Subpoena, 17 June 1867; Opinion, 22 June 1867; Coroner's Inquest, 23 April 1867; Depositions, Dinah Davis, W. A. Livengood, Henderson Leonard, 1867; Joseph Wilson to David Lofton, 12 June 1867; Testimony, 23 June 1867; Subpoenas, 20 June, 4 October, 10 September 1867
- Pages of related documents: 21
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
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