Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-08-27

49, 80 OoPy Vi tuo petition presented TO the
Court OF franklin County in relation to the $780,
1000 damages.
h Jacob Il. Lowe, Plaintiff,
j. 3. Carpenter, II. E Peck, L. H. Fairchiid, Wm, !,
A. Belts, Christian Perry, Thomas Case, Jaso
l.. Royce, VIM. Gregg Vim. Conthon, Heber G.
Lukins, SEN JAMES Austin. jr., WIN. b. Dick
son, Il. G. Foster, Ebenezer Gregg, Daniel Ten
nney, William Clark, Hiram Hull, James Iealy,
Jno b. Warren, Samson Brownson, George
Moon, Heman Burrows, Lewis Woodruff, John
W Weeden Hiram Black, j. W. Humphrey.
Hiram Patterson, Elderidge Moon, Henry Dill,
Hezekiah Brooks, Ashley Root Thomas p. Turn
er, Roswell G. norr and W. E. Burr, Defend
ants.
The State Of Ohio, FfankHn County ss.--Su-
perior Court.
The plaintiff, Jacob X. Lowe, mplains of the
said defendants, on or about the Let of February
A. ID. 1859, conspired together and agreed with
each other and with divers and sundry other per-
sons, to the plaintiff unknown, to unlawfully i'm
prison plaintiff and deprive him of his liberty
And in pursuance of said agreement and conspir-
acy procured at the February term of the Court
OF Common Pleas of Loran County. Ohio, A. D.
1899, part Of the above named defendants, to
wit: William A. Belts, Christian Perry. Thomas
Case, Jason l.. Royce, William Gregg William
Conthon, Heber G. Lukins Sen, James Austin,
Jno. William. B. Dickson, f. G. Foster E5eIezer
Gregg Daniel Tenney. William Clark and Hiram
Hull to be empaneled upon the Grand Jurv, and
the said j. S. Carpenter then aud there being the
judge of said Court, did, in order to get plaintiff
indicted for the crime Of kidnapping, of which he
then well knew that plaintiff not guilty charg-
ed the said Grand Jury on the subject of kdnap-
ping contrary to law in such case and the said de-
PENDANTS, cmpanneled as q Grand Jury aforesaid,
did return bill of indictment against plaintiff in
accordance with such such charge by the said j.
5 Carpenter, and in furherance of the common
design, plaintiff AYERS that the said defendant,
Carpenter, die most wickedly and unawfuliy aid,
abet and procure the said Indictment to be found.
All the defendants counseng encouraging and
assisting each other and the divers and sundry per-
sons to plaintiff unknown, as aforesaid conspiring
togeher, and with defendants TO imprison and
denEve plaintiff of his liberty without authority of
law ? s.e.'~' p. 81.
fEEhtf snys that afterwards, to wit: on The
lltbP4ay of April, A. D. 1859. the said defendants
procured plaintiff to bo arrested upon said charge
Of kidnapping. and be was ocnfAed in the county
Jail of Lorain County upon said charge. .
Plaintiff further complains of the defendants
that afterwards, to wit: at the May term of said
Court OF Common Pleas of Lorain county, Ohio,
the defendants having corruptly and wickedy
and maliciously conspred and agreed with each
other to unlawfully imprison plaintiff and deprive
him of his liberty, procured portion of their
number to be empauneled upon the Grand Jury
said term of said Court, and then and there and
thereby found another bill of indictment termed
for kidnapping, then and there we'll knowing that
plaintiff was entirely innocent of any such crime,
procured him illegally to be imprisoned in the 1o-
raiI county Jail. Whereupon plaintiff says tina.
by reason of said conspiracy and agreement
against plaintiff, and by reason of his unlawful
i'm psisonment in pursuance of said conspiracy and
agreement, be has been damaged in the sum of
twenty thousand dollars, for which sum he asks
judgment and for other proper relief. .... ...
t,s.. 7r GEO. L. CONVERSE, Pltff's Atty.
The State Of Ohio. Franklin County IS.
Jacob X. Lowe being sworn, says that he be
licves the statements in the foregoing petitions to
be true. j. X. LOWE.
Sworn to before me, by j. X. Lowe, plaintiff,
and subscribed by him in my presence, this 1lth
day of August, A. d. 1859.
JAMES H. SMITH, Clerk.