Description
For Jim "A Man of Color" Petition for Freedom:
"...the Jurors of the Jury aforesaid do say, 'We of the Jury find the defendant guilty in manners and form as charged in the within declaration'. J.R. Owen, Foreman"
After jury trial, Defendant Delford Burton is found guilty as charged in the written declaration of J.R. Owen, Foreman. "It is therefore considered and adjudged by the Court that the said plaintiff (Jim) be hereforth forever emancipated and set free from all claims of the said Plaintiff (typo?, Defendant?) his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns and from the claim or claims of all persons claiming under the said Defendant since November 22, 1841, the time of the commencement of this suit, to the person of the said Plaintiff as a slave arguable to the verdict of the Jury aforesaid. And it is further considered that the Plaintiff recover against the Defendant his costs and charges herein expended and that execution issue therefore.Date(s) of Creation
10/14/1843