Daniel Wilson v. Robert Cohen
Item
Daniel Wilson V. Robert Cohen. 1835, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60827
- Case Title
- Daniel Wilson v. Robert Cohen
- Series
- Freedom Suits
- Plaintiff
- Wilson, Daniel
- Defendant
- Cohen, Robert
- Date Filed
- 1835-04-04
- Filing Date
- 1835-04-04
- Plaintiff’s Attorney
- Bird, Gustavus A.
- Court Name
- St. Louis County Court
- Court Term
- 1835-04
- Clerk
- Gamble, Archibald
- Sheriff
- Brotherton, Marshall
- Cause of Action
- Trespass
- False Imprisonment
- Assault
- Battery
- Case Notes
- One sheet, petition only; damages $200.
- Case Number
- 13
- Related Project ID
- ccr1834.06726.016
- Identifier
- ccr1835.27078.002
- Source
- Missouri State Archives - St. Louis
- Rights
- Public Domain
- PDF Download
- Download PDF of all images
- Transcription
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**Daniel Wilson v. Robert Cohen**
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**Page 1** (27078_001.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Complaint*
State of Missouri Circuit Court Third Judicial, Circuit,
July Term AD 1835 St Louis County [illegible]
Daniel , [illegible] by [illegible] his attorney
complains of Robert , [illegible] of, a plea of trespass, [illegible]
assault & Battery & false imprisonment for that heretofor
towit on the third day of April in the year of
eighteen hundred & thirty five at St Louis in
said County the said defendant with force &
and arms an asault did make [illegible] him
said Daniel , [illegible] him said Daniel , did then & there
beat, wound, illtreat & imprison & hath kept [illegible]
& detained, him in prison there from the day last aforesaid
to this day without, any Lawful or probable, cause
[illegible] And the plaintiff said, that before & at
the time of committing the said several [illegible]
he was and still is a free person & that [illegible] said
defendant held & detained & still holds & detains him
in slavery where the plaintiff says he is greatly
injured & hath sustained Damages to five, hundred
Dollars & there fore he sues &c.
*G A Bird [illegible] atty*
> *Legal Function: Summons*
County of Saint Louis ss The State of Missouri To the sheriff of the county of Saint Louis
greeting
We command you to summon Robert Cohen that he be and appear before
the Judge of our Circuit court at the next term thereof to be held at the city of
St Louis within and for the county of Saint Louis on the fourth monday of july
next then and there to answer unto David Wilson of a plea of trespass assault
and battery and false imprisonment wherefore the plaintiff says he is greatly
injured and hath sustained damage to five hundred dollars and have you then there
this writ
*Witness Arichibald gamble clerk of our said
Circuit Court at office this fourth day of
April in the year one thousand eight
Hundred and thirty five Archibald gamble Clerk*
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**Page 2** (27078_002.jpg)
> *Legal Function: Certificate of Filing*
No 13 Saint Louis Circuit Court
July Term 1835
Daniel , Wilson ,
vs
Robert , Cohen ,
[illegible] of Tresspass,[?]
asault & battery & false
Imprisonment Damage
$ 200 The clerk
[illegible] please, [illegible]
a summons,
*G A Bud atty
for [illegible] Filed 4th April 1835 Archibald gamble Clerk*
> *Legal Function: Certificate of Execution*
Executed this writ by Reading it and the
declaration to Robert Cohen , on the 4th
day of April 1835 in the county of St Louis
*[illegible] Brotherton sheriff
By M Brotherton Sherff Service $ 1.00 Discontinued,
Book 7 page 454*
Daniel Wilson V. Robert Cohen. 1835, St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project, accessed October 8, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.washu.edu/s/ccr/item/60827