Petition #20484203
- Washington County, District of Columbia. August 8, 1842. - August 8, 1842.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Hon. Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for Washington County
Abstract
John Lee, petitioning by his next friend Hickey Lee, asserts that he is a free person of color who is illegally confined to jail on the charge of being a runaway slave. Lee claims he was manumitted by the last will and testament of Basil Hutton. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus and safekeeping from the marshal to prevent John Poole, who has claimed Lee as his slave, from removing him beyond the jurisdiction of the court.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Order, 3 August 1842; Writ of Habeas Corpus, John Lee, 8 August 1842; Order, ca. 1842
- Pages of related documents: 3
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Citation information
Repository: National Archives, Washington, D. C.
- Records of the United States District Court, Segregated Habeas Corpus Papers
- Record group: 21
- Folder: 28
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