Jones, Peter vs. Daniel Moore

Jones, Peter vs. Daniel Moor

Description:	This file contains the documents related to the suit Peter Jones brought against Daniel Moore over an unpaid debt. The documents include 1 summons, 1 complaint, 5 subpoenas, 4 accounts, 1 plea, and 1 court cost bill. The summons called for the sheriff of Knox County to bring Daniel Moore before the judges of the Circuit Court on the first Monday of October 1815 to answer unto Peter Jones in a plea of trespass. The summons, dated August 28, 1815, was witnessed and signed by court clerk Robert Buntin and executed by deputy sheriff Philip Almy at a cost of $.59 cents. In the complaint, the plaintiff Jones said that on August 18, 1815, Daniel Moore was indebted to the plaintiff for the sum of $211.50, which the defendant Moore had promised to pay when requested. The plaintiff said that he provided Moore with meat, drink, lodging, washing, horse feed, stabling, and other necessary things. The plaintiff also states that at Moores request, he provided these items and services to the defendants brother-in-law, Samuel (Bycoat). It was noted in the complaint that the defendant, when later requested, refused to pay his debt to Peter Jones. A note on page 4 of the complaint signed by jury foreman Walter Wilson states that the jury found for the plaintiff $107.28 in damages. The first subpoena called for Henry Dubois, Gideon Romine, and John McClure to appear before the judges of the Knox County Circuit Court on the first Monday of March 1816 and give evidence on behalf of Daniel Moore. This subpoena, dated February 12, 1816, was witnessed and signed by court clerk Robert Buntin and executed by sheriff Benjamin V. Beckes at a cost of $1.39 1/2 cents. The second subpoena called for Gideon Romine to come before the judges of the Circuit Court on the first Monday of March 1816 and give evidence on behalf of Peter Jones against the defendant. This subpoena, dated February 12, 1816, was witnessed and signed by court clerk Robert Buntin and executed by sheriff Benjamin V. Beckes at a cost of $.46 1/2 cents. The third subpoena called for Gideon Romine to appear at the Knox County Circuit Court on the fourth Monday of May 1816 and give evidence on behalf of Peter Jones against Daniel Moore. This subpoena, dated May 11, 1816, was witnessed and signed by court clerk Robert Buntin and executed by sheriff Benjamin V. Beckes at a cost of $.46 1/2 cents. The fourth subpoena called for Henry Dubois, Gideon Romine, and John McClure to appear before the judges of the Circuit Court on the fourth Monday of May 1816 and give evidence on behalf of the defendant Moore. This subpoena, dated May 11, 1816, was witnessed and signed by court clerk Robert Buntin and executed by sheriff Benjamin V. Beckes at a cost of $1.21 1/2 cents. The fifth and final subpoena called for Benjamin J. Harrison to come before the judges of the Circuit Court on June 1, 1816 and give evidence for the defendant. This subpoena, dated June 1, 1816 was witnessed and signed by court clerk Robert Buntin and executed by sheriff Benjamin V. Beckes at a cost of $.46 1/2 cents. The first account began on May 2, 1814 and ended April 16, 1815, and totaled $176.93 3/4 cents. Items on the account included cider, beer, porter, a broken tumbler, toddy, cash, brandy, apples, boarding, wine, washing, suppers, bitters, sangria, eggnog, candy and whiskey. The second account covered April 16, 1815 to August 7, 1815 and with the balance brought forward totaled $207.50. Items on this account included boarding, suppers, breakfasts, cider, keeping a horse, wine, whiskey, punch, and washing. The next account was possibly for work that the defendant Daniel Moore did for the plaintiff Peter Jones. This account started on May 15, 1814 and ended on January 24, 1816. This account, mostly for repairing and painting chairs and other furniture, totaled $117.39. The final account was $.96 cents for a set of rollers for a washing machine and putty. The plea by the defendant states that he did not assume the debt as related by the plaintiff in his complaint. The plea was signed by General Washington Johnston. The final total on the court cost bill was $25.15.
Origin:	2019-02-26
Created By:	Indiana Territory. Circuit Court (Knox County);
Contributor(s):	Raymond, David; McCall, James; Polke, William;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ving/id/28015
Collection:	Early Vincennes, 1732-1835
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States
Subjects:	Indiana Territory Accounts -- Indiana Territory Apples -- Indiana Territory Beer Brandy -- Indiana Territory Chairs -- Indiana Territory Cider -- Indiana Territory Circuit courts -- Indiana Territory Complaints (Administrative procedure) -- Indiana Territory Costs (Law) -- Indiana Territory Court records -- Indiana Territory -- Knox County Horses -- Indiana Territory Johnston, Genl W. (General Washington), 1776-1833 Judges -- Indiana Territory Judgments -- Indiana Territory Jurors -- Indiana Territory Jury -- Indiana Territory Personal debt -- Indiana Territory Pleading -- Indiana Territory Subpoena -- Indiana Territory Summons -- Indiana Territory Verdicts -- Indiana Territory Whiskey -- Indiana Territory Laundry -- Indiana Territory Court Records

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