State of Missouri Circuit Court third Judicial Circuit term AD 1835

St Louis County Ss Sally Mellvin a woman of color by Bird
her attorney complains of Robert Cohen of a
plea of trespass on the case for that
heretofore to wit on the third a day of April in the
year of eighteen hundred & thirty five at
St Louis . The aforesaid defendant with force & arms an assault
did make & her the said Sally did then & there
beat wound & ill treat & unlawfully imprison
& hath kept & detained her in prison there
from the day lastaforesaid until this day
And the plaintiff avers that at & before the
commiting said several grievances the defendant
was & still is a free person & that the plaintiff
held & detained & still holds & detains her in slavery wherefore the plaintiff says she is
greatly injured & hath sustained Damage to
five hundred dollars & therefore she sues &c
GA Bird atty

gamble Clerk

county of Saint Louis Ss
The State of Missouri To the sheriff of the county of Saint Louis greeting

We command you to summon Robert Cohen that he be and appear before
the Judge of our circuit court at the next term therof to be held at the city of St
Louis witiin and for the county of Saint Louis on the fourth Monday of July next
then and there to answer unto Sally Mellvin a woman of color of a plea of trespass on
the case wherefore the plaintiff says she is greatly injured and hath sustained damage to
five Hundred dollars and have you then there this writ

Witness Archibald Gamble Clerk of our said Circuit
Court at office this forth day of April in the year
one thousand eight Hundred and thirty five Archibald Gamble Clerk

Executed this writ by reading it and the declaration to Robert Cohen on the 4th day of April 1835
in the county of St. Louis

J. Brotherton Shff By M Brotherton D Shff service '1.00

No 12
Saint Louis Circuit Court
July term 1835

Action of assault & battery
false imprisonment
Damage ' 500 the
clerk will please issue a summons
GA Bird plffs atty

Filed4th April 1835
Archibald Gamble Clerk

St. Louis Circuit Court July term 1835

And the defendent
by his attorney comes and defends the wrong
& injury when &c., & he says that he is not guilty of the
said supposed trespasses above laid to his charge
in manner and form as the said plaintiff
hath complained against him & of this he
puts himself upon the county &c.

filed july 14th 1835J. Fieldingatty
for Deft

No 12
July, term 1835
St. Louis circuit Court

plea not guilty

K. Fielding

atty

filed july 14 1835
A Gamble
clk

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