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Sally Cross and Martha Cross
vs.
Sarah E. Linton
Petition for freedom.
Personally appeared this day before me Henry Naylor a Justice of the Peace for the County of Washington and District of Columbia Sally Cross one of the Pltffs in the above suit and made oath that she cannot safely go to trial at the present term of the Court because of surprise in this to wit That she had employed counsel to attend to the said suit and expected they would furnish her with the necessary information to get ready with her witnesses which was not done, but to her astonishment she was informed on or about the 15th day of April of the present Term of the Court that they had abandoned her case
In view of this she immediately employed Mr D Ratcliffe (an attorney of the Court) who had a consultation with Mr Linton, the Counsel for the Defendant and was informed by him (Ratcliffe) that said Linton would take one hundred and fifty Dollars payable in six, twelve and eighteen months with Security and let your petitioner and her Daughter the other Pltff in said suit so acquit. To this proposition the affiant assented and has
Sworn to before me a Justice of the Peace the 26th day of April 1847.
H. Naylor J.P.
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