William Dallam not found in
my County 12th Nov 1831

No 8 St Louis Circuit Court
November Term 1831

Hennry (by next friend)
vs
William Dallam
Declaration

Filed 26th July 1831 Archibald Gamble Clerk

This is an action of trespass
assault   battery of false
imprisonment Damage
$ 500
Issue or
summons

In the St Louis Circuit Court
County of St Louis , Set, November Term 1831

Henry a boy of colour and an infant
under the age of twenty one years by George Brown
his next friend complains of William Dallam
of a plea of trespassassault   battery   false
imprisonment, for that heretofore, to wit,
on the second day of July in the year Eighteen
hundred   thirty one at the county of aforesaid,
the said Defendant with force and arms made an
assault upon the said plaintiff   then   there  
beat wounded   ill treated the said plaintiff
and there   there with force   arms falsely and unlawfully
imprisoned the said plaintiff   Kept him
  detained him in prison there without any lawful
authority or cause for a long space of time,
to wit for the space of ten days there next resuming
- and said plaintiff further says that
before   at the time of the committing of the
said several grievances he was   still is a free
person   that said Defendant held and detained   still holds
  detains him in slavery wherefore the said
plaintiff says he is greatly injured   hath
sustained damage to fivehundred Dollars
and therefore he sues   etc

John Newman Esq

The State of Missouri
County of Saint Louis . ssTo the Sheriff of the county of Saint Louis
Greeting

We Command you to summon William Dallam that he be and
appear before the Judge of our Circuit Court at the next term thereof
to be held at the city of St Louis within and for the County of Saint
Louis on the fourth Monday of November next then and there to answer
unto Henry a boy of color and infant under the age of twenty one years
by George Brown his next friend of a plea of trespass assault and battery
of false imprisonment to the damage of the said plaintiff of Five hundred dollars and have you then there this writ

Witness Archibald Gamble Clerk of our said Circuit
Court at Office this Twenty Sixth day of July One
thousand Eight Hundred and thirty one Archibald Gamble Clerk

copy of the order of the Judge permitting plaintiff to sue

State of Missouri - Third Judicial Circuit to wit; It is hereby ordered that
on the foregoing petition that the subscribers thereto Henry Sally and Margaret
be permitted to sue as poor persons by George Brown their next friend to establish
their right to freedom and John Newman Esq is assigned as their counsel it
is also ordered moreover that said Henry Sally and Margaret shall have
reasonable liberty to attend their counsel and the court when occasion may
require   that said Henry Sally and Margaret shall not be removed out of
the Jurisdiction of the Circuit court of St Louis County nor be subjected to any
severity because of their application for freedom- Swon under my hand
this 22 day of July A,D, 1831

Will C Carr