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Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. D, May 1760 - Nov. 1763, At 15-18, New Hampshire State Archives - Pickering V. Greley Aug 1763

Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. D, May 1760 - Nov. 1763, At 15-18, New Hampshire State Archives - Pickering V. Greley

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Recording claim, rejected by both trial and appeals juries, by John Pickering against Sheriff Richard Greley that Greley had wrongfully imprisoned him for three days on a civil attachment notwithstanding his tender of full amount required.


Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. D, May 1760 - Nov. 1763, At 256, New Hampshire State Archives - King V. Claggett Sep 1762

Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. D, May 1760 - Nov. 1763, At 256, New Hampshire State Archives - King V. Claggett

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Wyseman Claggett, a New Hampshire Justice of the Peace, was indicted on a charge that he had on December 3, 1761 signed a mittimus bearing the date of November 3, 1761 against one James Dwyer of Portsmouth, resulting in Dwyer’s imprisonment for twenty hours ....


Minutes Of Superior Court, Box 2, Folder Nov. 1761 - May 1763 - Quash Indictment Of Wyseman Claggett Sep 1762

Minutes Of Superior Court, Box 2, Folder Nov. 1761 - May 1763 - Quash Indictment Of Wyseman Claggett

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Claggett demurred to the indictment and it was quashed by the court, putting an end to the criminal case.


Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. D, May 1760 - Nov. 1763, At 257, New Hampshire State Archives; Minutes Of Superior Court, Box 2, Folder Nov. 1761 - May 1763 - Wyseman Claggett Sep 1762

Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. D, May 1760 - Nov. 1763, At 257, New Hampshire State Archives; Minutes Of Superior Court, Box 2, Folder Nov. 1761 - May 1763 - Wyseman Claggett

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Claggett demurred to the indictment and it was quashed by the court, putting an end to the criminal case.


Provincial Case File No. 23475, New Hampshire State Archives - Indictment Of Wyseman Claggett Jun 1762

Provincial Case File No. 23475, New Hampshire State Archives - Indictment Of Wyseman Claggett

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Wyseman Claggett, a New Hampshire Justice of the Peace, was indicted on a charge that he had on December 3, 1761 signed a mittimus bearing the date of November 3, 1761 against one James Dwyer of Portsmouth, resulting in Dwyer’s imprisonment for twenty hours ....


Provincial Case File No. 23536, New Hampshire State Archives - Dwyer V. Claggett May 1762

Provincial Case File No. 23536, New Hampshire State Archives - Dwyer V. Claggett

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Dwyer subsequently brought a false imprisonment action against Claggett and Fitzgerald, claiming £1,000 damages for ten days of imprisonment.


Provincial Case File No. 23475, New Hampshire State Archives, Which Also Contains A Copy Of The Altered Mittimus Against James Dwyer Signed By Wyseman Claggett Dec 1761

Provincial Case File No. 23475, New Hampshire State Archives, Which Also Contains A Copy Of The Altered Mittimus Against James Dwyer Signed By Wyseman Claggett

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...Claggett reluctantly signed a mittimus committing him [James Dwyer] to jail. “[B]y mistake [he] dated it 3d November instead of December which he afterwards at gaol keepers request rectified.


Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. D, Vol. D, May 1760 - Nov. 1763, At 27–28, New Hampshire State Archives - Monson V. Ban Ll May 1760

Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. D, Vol. D, May 1760 - Nov. 1763, At 27–28, New Hampshire State Archives - Monson V. Ban Ll

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… deputy sheriffs had executed judgments and pocketed the proceeds, resulting in lawsuits against the Sheriff as the party responsible for the conduct of his subordinates.


Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. B, Sept. 1750–Mar. 1754, At 87–88, New Hampshire State Archives - Appeal Of Vincent And Lois Tarr Feb 1751

Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. B, Sept. 1750–Mar. 1754, At 87–88, New Hampshire State Archives - Appeal Of Vincent And Lois Tarr

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She [Phebe Nung] brought an action of replevin against her alleged owners, Vincent and Lois Tarr, to test who had the superior right to possession of herself, the subject of the action. The Sheriff promptly seized her pendente lite--that is, he took an appearance bond from Nung--and the case was tried to a jury. It found in her favor and the same result was reached on appeal, with the court ruling that she was “a free woman and that she enjoy her freedom.


Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. B, Sept. 1750-Mar. 1754, At 130-34, New Hampshire State Archives - John Galton Feb 1751

Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. B, Sept. 1750-Mar. 1754, At 130-34, New Hampshire State Archives - John Galton

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Defendants in suit for seaman’s wages seek prohibition because contract has been assigned and assignment is a land-based contract. … on consideration of foregoing case granting prohibition in Feb. Term 1751 at suit of John Galton et al.


Provincial Case File No. 22138, New Hampshire State Archives - Petition Of Phebe Nung Nov 1750

Provincial Case File No. 22138, New Hampshire State Archives - Petition Of Phebe Nung

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She [Phebe Nung] brought an action of replevin against her alleged owners, Vincent and Lois Tarr, to test who had the superior right to possession of herself, the subject of the action. The Sheriff promptly seized her pendente lite--that is, he took an appearance bond from Nung--and the case was tried to a jury. It found in her favor and the same result was reached on appeal, with the court ruling that she was “a free woman and that she enjoy her freedom.


Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. B, Sept. 1750 - Mar. 1754, At 260, New Hampshire State Archives - Bagley V. Elliot Mar 1750

Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. B, Sept. 1750 - Mar. 1754, At 260, New Hampshire State Archives - Bagley V. Elliot

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… “that the King has not by law a power to make a second charter with addition of persons and estates for a town which has one in full force at the time of making the second so as bind the town thereby without their consent."


Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. A, Aug. 1744--[June 1750], At 463-64, New Hampshire State Archives - Ruling For Elizabeth Bird Sep 1749

Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. A, Aug. 1744--[June 1750], At 463-64, New Hampshire State Archives - Ruling For Elizabeth Bird

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An abused apprentice, she [Elizabeth Bird, the mother]prayed simply for “the advisement of this Court on the Premises and that your complainant may have some relief in the Premises.


Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. A, Aug. 1744--[June 1750], At 341-42, New Hampshire State Archives - Bird Order Sep 1749

Judgment Book Of Superior Court, Vol. A, Aug. 1744--[June 1750], At 341-42, New Hampshire State Archives - Bird Order

Documents from Making Habeas Work: A Legal History (monograph)

The court responded by issuing a writ of habeas corpus to have Winter brought before it, which was done the same day. It reviewed the indenture he produced, and there being “nothing made to appear that the said servant had ever been provided for as in said indenture mentioned and the particular facts complained of appearing to be true” ... the court concluded that Winter was not entitled to retain John’s custody, which was returned to his mother.


Provincial Case File No. 23254, New Hampshire State Archives - Petition Of Elizabeth Bird Aug 1749

Provincial Case File No. 23254, New Hampshire State Archives - Petition Of Elizabeth Bird

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In the fall of 1749, the widow Elizabeth Bird of Portsmouth, New Hampshire complained in forma pauperis to the Superior Court that her son John Bird, age fourteen, was apprenticed to a ropemaker named Richard Winter but that the latter (who was in prison) had for a long period neglected John--failing “to provide suitable and sufficient meat drink lodging and clothing” and not permitting him to attend public worship. She prayed simply for “the advisement of this Court on the Premises and that your complainant may have some relief in the Premises.


Provincial Case File No. 22344, New Hampshire State Archives - Peter Johnson's Mittimus Aug 1748

Provincial Case File No. 22344, New Hampshire State Archives - Peter Johnson's Mittimus

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In New Hampshire, as elsewhere, suits by alleged slaves claiming freedom were common, and they could be brought in many legal forms. One possibility was to petition for a writ of habeas corpus and thereby commence ordinary proceedings under that writ. That is what Peter Johnson of Portsmouth, New Hampshire did in the summer of 1748 in claiming that he had been wrongfully “imprisoned for refusing to serve as a slave


Provincial Case File No. 22344, New Hampshire State Archives - Peter Johnson - Case Summary Aug 1748

Provincial Case File No. 22344, New Hampshire State Archives - Peter Johnson - Case Summary

Documents from Dimension I: Habeas Corpus as a Common Law Writ (article)

Johnson was in prison because his alleged master, George Massey, had complained to a local Justice of the Peace that he “refuseth to labour and is stubborn and rebellious” and had requested “that the said Peter may be detained in Prison until he shall become submissive and dutiful,” whereupon the J.P. had issued a mittimus that ordered the sheriff to confine Johnson “until he the said Peter shall behave himself.”


Superior Court Minutes, 1699–1750, Superior Court Docket Box 1, Folder 1744–45, New Hampshire State Archives - Judgment Of Andrew Downer Feb 1745

Superior Court Minutes, 1699–1750, Superior Court Docket Box 1, Folder 1744–45, New Hampshire State Archives - Judgment Of Andrew Downer

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Andrew Downer, was being detained in prison for a debt of less than 10 pounds, in violation of an Act of Parliament, and requesting no more than that “Your Worships would put the Act of Parliament in force by releasing and setting the said Andrew Downer at liberty, that his Majesty’s Service may not suffer thereby.


Provincial Case File No. 21242, New Hampshire State Archives - Petition Of Andrew Downer Feb 1745

Provincial Case File No. 21242, New Hampshire State Archives - Petition Of Andrew Downer

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Andrew Downer, was being detained in prison for a debt of less than 10 pounds, in violation of an Act of Parliament, and requesting no more than that “Your Worships would put the Act of Parliament in force by releasing and setting the said Andrew Downer at liberty, that his Majesty’s Service may not suffer thereby.


Superior Court Minutes, 1699–1750, Superior Court Docket Box 1, Folder 1744–45, New Hampshire State Archives (Entry No. 24 For Feb. 5, 1744) - Appeals Entry Feb 1744

Superior Court Minutes, 1699–1750, Superior Court Docket Box 1, Folder 1744–45, New Hampshire State Archives (Entry No. 24 For Feb. 5, 1744) - Appeals Entry

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... when in the spring of 1744 the judges of the New Hampshire Superior Court were divided on appeal in a legally tangled case arising out of a bitter religious dispute, they adjourned so that counsel could “[s]tate the case and apply for advisement to the neighbouring lawyers on the Case.” When that consultation failed to occur, the judges considered, but apparently could not decide, whether to allow a further adjournment on the basis that there was a Superior Court session to be held at York “in June next when they might have opportunity of conversing with some of the …


The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Twelfth Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke Dec 1726

The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Twelfth Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke

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The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Fourth Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke Dec 1726

The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Fourth Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke

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The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Thirteenth Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke Dec 1726

The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Thirteenth Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke

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The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Sixth Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke Dec 1726

The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Sixth Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke

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The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Second Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke Dec 1726

The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Second Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke

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The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The First Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke Dec 1726

The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The First Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke

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The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Third Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke Dec 1726

The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Third Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke

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The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Fifth Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke Dec 1726

The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Fifth Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke

The Reports of Sir Edward Coke

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The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Eleventh Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke Dec 1726

The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Eleventh Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke

The Reports of Sir Edward Coke

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The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Seventh Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke Dec 1726

The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., In English, Compleat In Thirteen Parts: The Seventh Part Of The Reports Of Sir Edward Coke Kt., Her Majesty's Attorney General, Sir Edward Coke

The Reports of Sir Edward Coke

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