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1834 Handwritten Doc Apollus & Andrew Ellis Chittenden County VT Jail Bond
Double sided Approximately 13" by 7.5". Obvious damage to edge.
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Book 16 page 57
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This document appears to be a jail bond dated August 8, 1834, related to a legal case between Henry Bradley and Apollos Ellis. It was prepared or overseen by H. Z. Hill, acting as the attorney.
KNOW all men by these presents that we
Apollos Ellis as Principal & Andrew Ellis as Surety
are jointly and severally holden and stand firmly bound unto George A. Allen, Esq., Sheriff of the county of Chittenden, his successor in office or assigns, in the penal sum of One Hundred & Ten dollars, for the true payment whereof, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents, signed with our hands, and sealed with our seals, this 14th day of August in the year of our Lord 1834.
THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that whereas the above bounden Apollos Ellis
is now a prisoner in the common Jail in Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, by virtue of an execution in favor of Henry Bradley of Burlington
in the county of Chittenden and State of Vermont for the sum of 85 dollars, 40 cents damages and 4 dollars, 50 cents costs, for the sum of 2 dollars, 40 cents costs,
with twenty-five cents for said execution fees on the same, to the amount of 2 dollars and 77 cents, issued on a judgment recovered before Heman Barrows, Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Chittenden,
on the 6th day of June, A.D. 1833,
and execution dated the 6th day of June, 1833, and signed by said Justice Barrows.
Now if the said Apollos Ellis shall faithfully and absolutely remain within the limits of said jail yard, and shall not depart therefrom until he shall be lawfully discharged, without committing any escape before such discharge, or doing any act by which the said Sheriff as aforesaid shall be damnified in consequence of admitting the said Apollos Ellis
of said prison, but shall at all times indemnify and save harmless the said Sheriff in the premises, then this obligation to be void, and of no effect, otherwise to aoffere and remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, sealed and delivered
Apollos Ellis
Summary
This is a jail bond document dated August 14, 1834. It concerns Apollos Ellis (the principal) and Andrew Ellis (the surety) who are bound to George A. Allen, Sheriff of Chittenden County, Vermont. The bond amount is $110, related to a legal judgment in favor of Henry Bradley for debts and costs.
