Knox County court record for State of Indiana vs. John Evans, 1818

Description: Folder 2058 in Box 34 of Knox County Circuit Court 1818 records at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House holds seven documents in the case of State of Indiana vs. John Evans. This case is an indictment for assault and battery by John Evans on James Horseley. The jury found him guilty and fined him five dollars with one week to serve in prison. The documents include the indictment, three summonses, a bail bond for Evans, the jury finding, and the court bill for services.
Origin: 1818
Contributor(s): Evans, John; Horseley, James;
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/46105
Collection: Knox County Public Library
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/;
Copyright: No Copyright - United States;
Geography: Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, United States
Subjects: Black people -- America -- History
African Americans -- History
Black people -- History
Slave records
Slave labor
Slavery
Slaveholders
Enslaved women
Enslaved men
Slavery -- Law and legislation
Indentured servants
Indiana -- Northwest
Indiana -- History
Vincennes (Ind.)
Knox County (Ind.)

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