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

Description:	Folder 2075 in Box 35 of Knox County Circuit Court 1818 records at the Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman House holds twelve documents in the case State of Indiana vs. Mathew Stewart. This case is an indictment of Mathew Stewart, a man of color for larceny. He was accused of stealing pork and linen from Ewing. Witnesses, men of color were summoned for both plaintiff and defendant. The jury gives a not guilty verdict. The twelve documents consist of four summonses for Stewart, and witnesses for Stewart and the state, two statements by Ewing, a statement from John Jordan, a subpoena for Jordan, three recognizant bonds (for Ewing, Jordan, Stewart) and the jury verdict.
Origin:	1818
Contributor(s):	Shelby, Evan; Julia; Weathers, John;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/46185
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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