Title: George Relf vs. Thompson H. Ficklin
Plaintiff: Relf, George
Defendant: Ficklin, Thompson H.
Date Filed:
Term: July Term 1828July 5, 1828
Cause of Action: TrespassAssault and BatteryFalse Imprisonment
Case Number: 64
Court: St. Louis Circuit Court
Publication Info: St. Louis, Missouri: Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries
2011
Source: The original document is part of the Missouri State Archives St Louis Circuit Court collection.
Availability: Documents are in the public domain
for the county of
The petition of
that your said petitioner was born a
slave in
the state of
Duff your petitioner was by his said master
given and delivered
to his said son in law
after his marriage
rended some time at
Wheely in
in the year
about one month at
there about
removed
he has ever
further
continued in the
and resided within
and in
your petitioner further represents that while
the
said
of age) he said
petitioner to be
your petitioner to bind himself
by a
at the age of twenty eight years ; and the
or caused it to be done which he represented
to be of the effect aforesaid and your petitioner
being unable to read subscribed said paper
and your petitioner
has since learned that
said writing if
to serve said
but your petitioner is advised that said
he could not hold your
petitioner is
thereof and
according by about a year or more
ago he said
on that he was
go at
large and act as a free man
which your petitioner did for several
months where the said
of the rights which he had acquired by
occasion of the premises prevailed on the said
petitioner and make
sale of him and
the said
and
delivered
and son in law and suffered him to
for a
as your
power of
he accordingly
who sold him to one
which sales your petitioner is informed and
believes was made for the
benefit of said
In virtue of
which
the said
petitioner
as
Your petitioner upon the facts aforesaid
claims his freedom and prays
that he may
be permitted to sue as a
have the protection of your honorable court
until the cause shall be
finally determined
according to the form of the
petitioner
In vacation
It is ordered that the within petitioner be permitted
to sue as a poor
person to establish his
right to freedom and
And it is further ordered that the petitioner
have reasonable liberty to
attend his
and the court where
occasion may
out of the
to any
freedom.
Judge 3rd Circuit
Copy thereof
By
of a
plea of
& false
defendant on the fourth day of
year of
eight
upon the said plaintiff
and then & there
plaintiff, and kept and detained him in
whatsoever
and against the will of
plaintiff and then there held and detained
him
detains him in
is a
plaintiff
damage to the
before the Judge of our circuit
court at the next term thereof to
city of
of July Instant then and there to
saith he is
dollars
at Office this
vs.
Declaration
&
to recover freedom
a
in
the
to read and his
acknowledging the service thereof
By
ads
And the said Defendant by his
attorney comes and defends and the force
and injury
when
supposed
in manner and form as the said plantiff
has
above thereof complained against him and of this
he puts
himself upon the county
for Deft
ads
plea
vs
defendant will take notice that I shall attend
at the office of the
Clerk of the
within & for the county of
state of
and tenth days of
and there
between the hours of eight of
the O'clock of the fore noon and six of
the
clock of the afternoon
taken the depositions of
at the
of the
plaintiff
by
duly
that on the
he
defendant with the
within and for said county aforesaid this
Febuary A. D. 1829
the
examined on the
in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty nine
of eight of the clock of the forenoon and
six of the clock
of the afternoon of that
day at the dwelling house of
Cole
in the
county of
before
peace
now pending in the Circuit Court of
the county of
of
plaintiff, and
defendant, on the part of the
plaintiff.
sworn and examined on the part of the
plaintiff,
known since the
month of
negro man
named
have been born a slave, the property
of
time to wit in the month of
into the
andeath, the said
deponent or his family.
This deponent brought
said
in the year 1817
of Mr.Duff (When this deponent left
he expected to reside
of
up his residence in the
but this
deponent has
be had taken
removed from the state of
state of
1818
the
said
with
after he had
made a second attempt to
this
house, and informed
Mr.Duff of the
Circumstance, telling
father in law of this
was then running at
having anything further to do with
to pay the
said
in the above action.
took an
according to the Laws, of the state of
but this deponent never asked the permission his
nor does he
believe that Mr.
of said
family, please state the
circumstances of that affair?
Case. This deponent
in the course of the day
room where the deponent and some
were sitting with an axe
position
deponent sprung towards him and with difficulty
avoided the blow.
he lost sight of him.
was prevented by a
who
the
the
that
who was in pursuit of
Ned in the
deponent
to shoot
This deponent was
his
of
him
of
had
family.
you
defendant
from
or
what you
or first
of
to
previous to that
had
of the
him ?
nine years
whose property was he ?
a slave and was the property of Mr Duff
the father of this
Him ? If so how did you obtain
terms ?
my father Mr Duff
that he would make her a present of
if she would take him home this was in
in the year 1815
time until the
year
Given
come there
month
of
with you in
He did the whole of the time this
did it became known to
that you resided in
shortly after this deponnent
and family came there
but the
Plaintiff
in
had of the place of residence of
the plaintiff.
of this
for the sale of
and for whose
use?
Linn,
the
of the
I Airs
of
Touching the
matter in controversy aforesaid that they were
Examined and their
examination reduced to writing and by
between the hours
and at the
aforesaid
of the
vs
will take notice that I shall attend at the
Town of
and
hours of eight of the clock of the fore noon
and six of the clock of
the afternoon of
each of said days taken the deposition
of
above cause on the part of the
plaintiff
by
according to
him
on the
be served the accused
and further the said
subscribed
peace within and for the
county aforesaid this
febuary
A.
D 1829
of the peace
vs
notice
Entrait
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