William Gray petitions the court for a restraining order on Marcia Offutt to prevent her from moving a slave named George. Gray claims he purchased George "for a fair & bona fide consideration," but that George broke out of jail and is now in the possession of Offutt, "who conceals him so that your orator cannot get him." He also asks that she be required to post bond of $800, and if she does not, that he be permitted to post bond and get possession of George. Failing that, Gray asks that the sheriff take George into possession and hire him out.
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