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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Mr. Joseph Kerr of Chillicothe, Ohio, a former U.S. Senator reduced to poverty and imprisoned for debt, publishes a court record statement revealing judgments on eleven notes totaling $16,702 ballooned to $54,478 due to suing all parties, tripling fees for clerks, sheriffs, and attorneys.
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Mr. Joseph Kerr, of Chillicothe, Ohio, formerly a Senator in Congress, by misfortune reduced in his circumstances, and now in the prison of Chillicothe for debt, has published a statement, taken from the records of the court, of judgments, costs of suit, &c. in suits on eleven of his notes, each with two endorsers, amounting together to 16,702 dollars. By the process of suing all the parties, judgments are obtained to triple the amount of the notes of course, and the unfortunate debtor, if able to pay at all and, if not, his securities are saddled with triple fees of clerks, sheriffs, &c. In figures, the hardship of this practice, which, it is believed, prevails throughout the country, is glaring indeed. Mr. Kerr thus states the matter:
The original debt only 16,702
Amount of judgments, 54,478
Attornies' fees, 275
Clerk's fees, 312 30
Sheriff's fees (not including costs of collection,...) 88 74
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Chillicothe, Ohio
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judgments totaling 54,478 dollars on original debt of 16,702 dollars; attorneys' fees 275 dollars; clerk's fees 312 30 dollars; sheriff's fees 88 74 dollars (not including costs of collection); imprisonment for debt.
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Mr. Joseph Kerr, formerly a Senator in Congress, reduced in circumstances and imprisoned in Chillicothe for debt, published a statement from court records on suits for eleven notes each with two endorsers amounting to 16,702 dollars. By suing all parties, judgments triple the notes' amount, saddling the debtor or securities with triple fees.