Jane Sims v. Benjamin King. Summons of Benjamin King
District of Columbia, to wit:
The United States of America,
To the Marshal of the District of Columbia, greeting:
You are hereby commanded to summon Benjamin King if he shall be found in the county of Washington, that (all excuses set aside) he be and appear before the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, to be held for the county of Washington, in the city of Washington, on the first Monday of October next, to testify on the part of answer the petition for freedom of Jane Sims in the said court exhibited against him
Hereof fail not at your peril; and have you then and there this precept.
Witness W. Cranch Esquire, chief Judge of the said Court.
Issued the 14 day of May 1823
Wm Brent Clk
(K & D)
202
Jane Sims
v
Benjamin King
Subpa
2 Bre
Sum. Deft.
Cap Sumd
T Ringgold
Marshal
Deft. is a carpenter in the navy yard
