Account of Hearing, 8 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus]
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Account of Hearing, [, Hancock Co., IL], 8 May 1844, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1844); handwriting of ; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 8 May 1844; notation by , 10 May 1844; docket by unidentified scribe, [ca. 10 May 1844]; fourteen pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL. Includes notation.
swore as to the matters being fully expd.— I recollect of a settt. abt. a settt. bet[wee]n. & J. abt. which some of the Ct. may rec[ollect]— asked forgiveness of the Lodge abt. 60. in the small room— in ackd that it was the tru that he was sorry & had been a 1000 times— he ackd. his connn. with the women on the hill— I have never sd. a word abt. — I did think he was with at the time the state[ment]— of — was that he was G[uilty] He was sorry & asked forgiv he had seduced 6 or 7— he ackd. it & said he wod. not be guilty agn. sd. knew it was true he was sorry & had been a 100 time, the very thing that we had chall[enge]d. him he ackd them. I told that it had bette[r] be settd. he sd. J. had acc[use]d. him— if his char. was gone— all was gone he sd. he wod. settle it— they went in the room— he did not deny any charge— he was sorry tha[t] he wanted them buried— & it was ag[ree]d. to do so did not say any thing to me abt. his sick[ness]— but made those obvons [observations] him that he had Dr. him in the time of his sick
X I ask if he did not tell that he never had sed[uce]d. them I told that I did sed. but I tell you I never did it——be I do not recollect of him sayg. that he got a disorder with the F[rench] Girl—— he said he shd. not have been sed. if it had not been by —
I did tell that I did it I told him so for my own notion of— things— all par[ticu]lars I did not inves[tigate?] vey [every ?] parlar— I alledg those have to to be ackd. them— sd. they were true— that they were alledg an 100 times— I will alter— I will save my char.— I have never heard from B. Jos— any thing abt. his char.— J. did not accuse him of any thing bef the Pol[ice]— he sd. had better take care— was a little dissatisfied but that diff[erence] was settd. again I was present— he sd. he wod. not rece[ive] any thing again from abroad— he wod. not take any steps by hear say— he woud come to him & tell him— there were sev[era]l. pres[en]t. a many things took place I do not recollect— I wanted to bring all things forwards— [p. 6[a]]