Charles Mahoney v. John Ashton. Plea Jennifer Guiliano Trevor Muñoz William G. Thomas III transcription and encoding Kaci L. Nash Laura K. Weakly University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Maryland National Endowment for the Humanities 2017 O Say Can You See University of Nebraska-Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
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 Plea Our transcription is based on a digital image of the original. Maryland State Archives General Court of the Western Shore (Judgments) MSA S498-220 Supplementary Documents Plea Civil Petition for Freedom May 1799 Mahoney, Charles Ashton, John Johnson, John Martin, Luther Maryland. General Court of the Western Shore Annapolis (Md.) review and relationship encoding transcribed and encoded

Patrick Charles Mahony v John Ashton

And the said John by Luther Martin his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when &c and says that the said Patrick Charles is the proper Slave of him the said John without that that the said Patrick Charles is a free man and of free condition and this he is ready to verify wherefore he prays Judgment if the said Charles his action aforesaid to have or maintain ought &c

Luther Martin

And the said Charles by John Johnson his Attorney says that he by anything by the said John in his plea above pleaded from having his action aforesaid against him ought not to be precluded because he says that he the said Charles is a freeman and of free condition and this he prays may be enquired of by the Country and the said John In like manner

Jno Johnson for Petr Luther Martin