On 27 November 1839, Sheriff William Magee of Mobile County took a runaway slave, Minows, into custody and is retaining him in jail. Petitioner Magee, states "that he has no right title claim or interest in said negro nor does your orator know to whom said negro legally belongs ... and at all times has been ready and willing to deliver said negro to whomsoever shall appear to be entitled to him." Amos Wilson and William Byard [Bayard] each claimed ownership of the slave and have instituted suits to recover the slave. Magee asks that the court question Wilson and Byard to settle the dispute.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: University of South Alabama Archives, Mobile, Alabama
