Passed Acts; St. 1837, c.221, SC1/series 229, Petition of Gilbert H. Durfee

<p>Petition subject: Trial by jury </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956307">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956307</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Fall River </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Micah H. Ruggles, Fall River; committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Gilbert H. Durfee</li><li>Elisha Smith</li><li>Thomas D. Allen</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1837-02-02 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 2, 1837 and referred to the committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Total signatures: 51 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 51 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Trial by jury for individuals accused of being fugitive slaves; report: http://archive.org/details/reportontrialbyj00mass </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1837, c.221, passed April 19, 1837 </p> <p>Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.</p>