order permitting suit onBook 7- page 202

In petition is permitted
to sue as

Henry
vs
Morison

Petition to sue in
form a

filed April 30th 1834 A Gamble Clk

E of
the in of St Louis County

Henry a nor
aged twenty one years upon to your
that he was is St Illinois North
that hehas been his her
clamed as a slave by an within
and is that
seven or eight years since the send
your petition the
by the and
a under the of the said William now then
that the said
further be of the State of
Illinois him and the send
an the but
he the send william
- the of Johnson
the the but
of the of St Louis , that the said I
is a slave and as
the said it

of to an and
that the said lavel and
is a and that two
the said again
of and and
as a

being he is
the is
pays of the
to his freedom
and of
the the of
not the in
and authorised by the

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 1st day of
april AD 1834 Patrick Walsh Justice of the peaceHenrry his Morrison
mark

No 19 Saint Louis Circuit Court
July Term 1834

Henry a man of
color
vs
Morrison & sworn

This is a action of
and battery
for feud the

.

arthur p qFiled 1st May 1834 Archibald Gamble Clerk

Executed this writ by reading it & the declaration
to John C in the city of St. Louis on the
3rd day of May 1834 William Morrison not found
in my county

Service$ 1.0050$ 1.50

John K Walker plff by
J Brotherton DS

July term 1834 St Louis of county to

therefore
and She 6 of a of the
for that this said William are
She 6 Swan on the first day of april in
the year 1834 with and ensures made
an for the sand Henry therefor
to wit at the county of St Louis and the
and this stand the sand Henry a great
many violent and standig and
and there in furnished the sand Henry
and debt and attained him in an
there in attend my a each
whatsoever be a speech of them to wit
for the speech of the days, than next
following to can against the
with of the sand Henry And
the sand Henry therefore owns that before and
at the him of the committing the given means
fun and then was and still is a fee person
and the defendents held and obtained him and
stall helds and obtains him in slavery. Whats
the said Henry her him greatly
equal to be et at the
county of St Louis and After Henry
them and there did against therefore of teh state and to the danger of the
Henry Five hundred dollars and
therefore be his

The State of Missouri
County of Saint Louis ssTo the Sherriff of the County of Saint Louis Greeting

We Command you to summon Willliam Morrisson and John @ Swan
that they be and appear before the judge of our Circuit Court at the next Jury
term thereof to the held at the City of St. Louis withinand for the County of Saint
Louis on the fourth monday of July next then and there to answer unto
Henry Morrison a man of color of a plea of to the damage of the
sand Henry morrison five hundred dollars and have you then there this writ

Witness Archibald Gamble Clerk of our said
Circuit Court at office this first day of May
One thousand and Eight Hundred and Thirty four Archibald Gamble Clerk