Petition of False Imprisonment [Dred Scott]

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“Petition of False Imprisonment [Dred Scott]”. First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847, 1846, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/108393

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Filing Name: Petition of False Imprisonment [Dred Scott]
Description: Petition of False Imprisonment [Dred Scott]
Date: 1846-04-06
Court Term: November 1847
Is Part Of: First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847
Identifier: dre1846.0003.003
Case ID: ccr1846.0000.038
Source: Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
Rights: Public Domain
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> Document: Petition of False Imprisonment for Dred Scott

State of Missouri Circuit Court of St. Louis
St. Louis County To County. ~~April~~ ^ November ^
Term 1846

Dred Scott, a man of color, complains of Irene Emerson of a plea for that the said defendant on the fourth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty six, with force and arms etc., made an assault upon the said plaintiff, to wit at St. Louis in the County aforesaid, and then and there beat, bruised and ill treated him, the said plaintiff and then and there imprisoned him the said plaintiff, and kept and detained him in prison there, without any reasonable or probably cause whatsoever, for a long time to wit, for the space of twelve hours, there next following, contrary to the laws of the said state, and the will of said plaintiff: And the said plaintiff avers, that before and at the time of the committing of the said grievances, he was and still is a free person and that the said defendant held and still holds him in slavery: To the plaintiffs damage ten dollars and therefore he brings suit etc.

F. B. Murdoch

~~Pub~~ ^ Plff ^ Atty

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~~Apr~~

~~April~~ Term 1846

St. Louis Cir. Court

Dred Scott

v.

Irene Emerson

Summons in false Imprisont.

Damags $ 10.

Item sets: Dred Scott Collection; First Circuit Court Trial, 1846-1847