Petition, for exoneration from an indictment for assault and battery.
List of petitioners: David Watson, William McCausland, James Hamelton, Thomas Lyon, Nichlas Weaver, Matthew McClunggast, John McCally, John Cooper, [signature in German], Adam Woods, James Mercer.
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Additional Notes
Rape.
Assault and battery.
Identified as "Negro London".
African-American.
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