Presentment by Grand Jury
Item
Presentment by Grand Jury. 1814, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60569
- Case Title
- Presentment by Grand Jury
- Series
- Native American
- Date Filed
- 1814-10
- Filing Date
- 1814-10
- Court Name
- County of St. Louis
- Court Term
- 1814-10
- Cause of Action
- Selling Liquor to Indians and Slaves
- Case Notes
- Grand Jury presentment as nuisances: selling spirituous liquors to Indians and slaves; card playing for money or property; bad state of public roads; shooting firearms within city limits.
- Identifier
- ccr1814.01124.002
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
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- Transcription
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> *Legal Function: Grand Jury Presentment of Nuisance*
At the Octr - Term 1814
We the Grand Jury in & for the County of St. Louis
do present as a nuisance.
The selling of Spiritous Liquors to Indians & Slaves
Card playing for money or property, which vice, [illegible]
appears to Gain Ground Daily to the ruin of [illegible]
& even whole Families.
The Bad State of the Public roads & high ways which
have been shamefully neglected for these several years past—
The shooting with fire arms within the Limits
of the Town & alarming its Inhabitants by the
ringing of Bells & other riotous Conduct in the
night time.
*[illegible] [illegible]
Luis Marton
John Patterson
James Mackay
James Berry
[illegible] Jams
[illegible] [illegible]
[illegible] [illegible]
Hourt [illegible]
[illegible] [illegible]
[illegible]Phillip [illegible]
Charles [illegible]
William Jamison
[illegible] [illegible]*
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**Page 2** (1124_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Grand Jury Presentment of Nuisance Part 2*
Oct Term 1814
Presentment
*by Grand Jury*
Presentment by Grand Jury. 1814, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 6, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60569