Agreement, 2 October 1844 [State of Illinois v. Williams et al.]
Source Note
A. S. Bledsoe, Thompson Campbell, , and , Agreement, , Adams Co., IL, 2 Oct. 1844, State of IL v. Williams et al. (Adams Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); unidentified handwriting; signatures of A. S. Bledsoe, Thompson Campbell, , and ; docket by unidentified scribe, [, Adams Co., IL, 2 Oct. 1844]; two pages; Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
The undersigned, counsel respectively for the people of the State of and and —, admit and agree that in appearing and entering into to appear to answer to any charge preferred against them, they do not make or intend to make any admission of to bind them over; but that it is done to save time and delay in consequence of the absence of witnesses, and for this reason only; and the said & , in entering into said recognizance, do so under a protestation of their entire innocence of the offence with which they have been charged; and they also allege that they are now ready and willing to go into an investigation of the charges before a court of inquiry, under the stipulation entered <into> with them at the time of their surrender, and have no desire to shun or evade it; but enter into said recognizance for no this purpose purpose whatever than the above expressed.