County of St Louis sct/.
The State of Missouri To the Sheriff of said County — Greeting

You an hereby commanded to have the body of James Young de
tained in the prison of the County aforesaid under your custody as it is
said under a safe and secure conducet together with the day and
cause of his being taken and detained by whatever name he shall
be called in the same before our Circuit Court within and for the County
of St Louis now in session at the City of St Louis immediately after the
reciept of this writ to do and receive all and singular show things which
our said County shall then and there consider concerning him in
this behalf and have you then there this writ

Witness Archibald Gamble Clerk
of our said Court at the city of
St Louis this twenty first day of June
AD 1824 Archibald Gamble Clk

In to this writ I have here
in Court the body of the within
named James Young who was
commited to Jail on the 11th, October
1824 by written of a warrantfiled
by Peter FerguinnEgrain one of the
Justices of the Peace within & for the
County of St Louis
will nowdully appear by the said
a copy of which is
and makes a part of this my
return to the said writ.

21st June 1824 Jn K Walker
Sheriff

State of Missouri To the Sheriff of St Louis County
Greeting

Whereas a certain negroman who calls himself
James Young and says he is free but has no letters
of emancipation with him, nor has he in anyway
satisfied me of his claim to freedom, these are there
fore to require you to take the said James Young into
your safe keeping, and discharge him when thereun
to required by law - & for which this shall be your
warrant, given under my hand this 11th October
1823.

Signed Peter Ferguson Seat Justice of the Peace
County St. Louis

Return

Executed this writ by delivering the body of
James the within named boy to the Sheriff
, October 11th 1823

Signed James Bush

June 1824

Copy of Commit
ment of
James Young

Habeas Corpus
to James Young

County of St. Louis , sct.
The State Of Missouri ,To The Sheriff Of St. Louis, County-Greeting:

You are hereby commanded to Summon Peter Lindell, Thomas
Estes, Benjamin Young, & Bernard Pratte
that setting aside all manner of excuse and delay They be and appear in proper person before the Judge
of our Circuit Court , on theforthwith at the city of St. Louis ,
then and there to testify and the truth to say in a certain matter of controversy now pending in our said
court, wherinon a habeas Corpus plaintiff,
and defendent, on the part of the and have you then there this writ.

Witness, Archibald Gamble , Clerk of our said Circuit Court , at the
city of St. Louis , this day of
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty Clerk, C. C.

Executed on
R. Lindell
The Estes
B. Young or
the 21st
June
1824
B Pratte
day

fees $ 22

James Young
Habeas Corpus

supa for
Peter Lindell
Thos. Estes
Benj Young
Ber. Pratte jr