Charles Bell v. Luther Jones. Summons of Luther Jones
We command you that you take summon Luther Jones late of Washington County, if shall be found within the County of Washington in your said District, and safely keep, so that you have bod before the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, to be held for the County aforesaid, at the City of Washington, on the third Monday of October next, to answer unto the petition for freedom of Charles Bell
Hereof fail not at your peril, and have you then and there this writ.
Witness, Jas. Dunlop Esquire, Chief Justice of our said Court, at the City of Washington, the 26t day of May Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and 57.
Issued the 27t day of May 1857.
Jno: A. Smith clk
B & B.
167.
Chas. Bell
vs
Luther Jones
Sub.
6 Bre
Peto. for freedom
+
Non Est
J. D. Hoover
Marshal