Charles Bell v. Luther Jones. Summons of Luther Jones
We command you that you take Luther Jones late of Washington County, if he shall be found within the County of Washington in your said District, and him safely keep, so that you have his body before the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, to be held for the County aforesaid, at the City of Washington, on the 4th Monday of March next, to answer unto the Petition of Freedom of Charles Bell
Hereof fail not at your peril, and have you then and there this writ.
Witness, Jas. Dunlop Esquire, Chief Judge of our said Court, at the City of Washington, the 12th day of January Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and 57
Issued the 28th day of January 1857.
Jno: A Smith Clk
B & B
150
Charles Bell
vs
Luther Jones
Sub
5 Bre
Petn. for freedom
+
Non Est
J. D. Hoover
Marshal