County of St. LouisCounty of St LouisSs
The StateMissouri ofMissouri MissouriMissouri
To the sheriff of said County Greeting.
We
Command you to summon Rufus PettiboneRufus Pettibone , CharlesCharles B Hatton BCharles B Hatton .HattonCharles B Hatton
and SallySally his wife
OwenOwen Wingfield WingfieldOwen Wingfield and
SallySally his wife, IssacIssac ,supplied>Voteau, John Butter and
BetsyBetsy his wife
JohnJohn Whitset WhitsetJohn Whitset aliasWhitesidesMitchell
Hatton and Ann his wife MichaelMichael Sanford SanfordMichael Sanford
and TheresaTheresa his wife.
JohnJohn Whitset WhitsetJohn Whitset aliasWhitesidesLucindaWhitset
alias WhitesidesWhitesides
that they be and appear
before the Judge of our circuit court at the next
term thereof
to be held at the city of St. LouisSt Louis within and for the
County of St. LouisCounty of St Louis on the fourth Monday
in July next then and there to
answer untoMalindaMalinda a free girl of color who
is
permitted by the Court to sue by AlexanderAlexander Clark ClarkAlexander Clark her next
friend as a poor person
of a plea of
trespass to the damage of said plaintiff
of five hundred dollars and
have you then there this writ.
court at office this second day of June 1825
Archibald GambleArchibald Gamble Clerk.


