Account of Hearing, 10 February 1843, as Reported by James Sloan [State of Illinois v. Olney]
Source Note
Account of Hearing, , Hancock Co., IL, 10 Feb. 1843, State of IL v. Olney (Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court 1843); handwriting of ; five pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.
<through the window> The Board was nailed or fastened to the Window. between 9 oClock at night, & one oClock in the morn.g., have kept the same Goods in his house since taken from the Store, until taken by the Officers. it was I entered the Store & took the Goods in Jany 1843 & the Goods that are now here & were taken from me by the officers are the same Goods I took from the Store with the exception of a few Articles which I had used before the Officers took the Goods.—
The fifty Dollar Bill <here> produced on the Bank of Alabama, is the same Bill I took from the Store amongst the Goods. I found it in a Wallet amongst the Goods, and the Wallet now produced is the same Wallet in which I found the Bill with other papers which I burned. [remainder of page blank] [p. [2]]