STATE OF MISSOURI V. WILLIAM W. WILLS. THE CRIME: "DEALING WITH SLAVES WITHOUT THE CONSENT IN WRITING OF THE MASTER OWNER OR OVERSEER OF SAID SLAVE."
Howard County, Missouri: 1859. Two printed broadside documents, completed in ink manuscript. [1] "KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WILLIAM W. WILLS AS PRINCIPAL, AND JOHN H. WILLS AS SECURITY, ARE HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO THE STATE OF MISSOURI IN THE PENAL SUM OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.... More