Attachment, 14 December 1844 [State of Illinois v. Williams et al.]
Source Note
, Attachment, to Sheriff [], for Joseph Stanton, Jonas Hobart, John Peyton, Benjamin Brackenbury, Thomas Dixon, George Walker, , William Houck, and Henry Mathias, , Hancock Co., IL, 14 Dec. 1844, State of IL v. Williams et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1845); printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; docket and notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL, 14 Dec. 1844]; notation by Timothy Gridley Jr., [, IL], 17 May 1845; notation by unidentified scribe, 21 May 1845; notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 27 June 1845; two pages; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL. Includes seal. Images courtesy of Joseph Johnstun.
The will hold each of the within named witnesses to bail in the Sum of Fifty Dollars $50.00
clk pro tem
I have apprehended Taken the within Named attachment Thomas Dixon By ◊ in custody on this 17th of May 1845 & by by virtue of the foregoing Writ of Attachment. & He <Dixon> has filed with me a Bond for His appearance Before the Circuit of in compliance with the said Writ
Sheriff By T[imothy] Gridley Jur Deputy
I have this 21st of May AD 1845 arrested the within named Henry Matthias but was unable to have his body in court by reason of said Matthias having resisted with deadly weapons & thus escaped my custody