County of St LouisCounty of St LouisSs.
The State of
MissouriMissouri
To the Sheriff of the County of FranklinCounty of Franklin
Greeting
We command you to summon John Butter and BetsyBetsy his wife impleaded with
Rufus PettiboneRufus Pettibone , Charles B HattonCharles B Hatton and SallySally his wife Owen WingfieldOwen Wingfield and
SallySally his
wife IssacIssac Voteau VoteauIssac Voteau JohnJohn Whitset WhitsetJohn Whitset alias WhitesidesWhitesides Mitchel HattonMitchell Hatton
and AnneAnne his wife
Michael SanfordMichael Sanford and TheresaTheresa his wife JohnJohn Whitset WhitsetJohn Whitset alias
Whitesides, Lucinda
whitset alias whitesides that they be and appear
before the Judge of our Circuit CourtCircuit 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 unto MalindaMalinda a
free
Girl of color coho 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 four hundred
dollars and have you then
there this writ
Witness Archibald GambleArchibald Gamble clerk of our said
court at office
this second day of June eighteen hundred
and twenty four
Archibald GambleArchibald Gamble Clerk


