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Complaint, 1 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits]
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, Complaint, before JS as Mayor, , Hancock Co., IL, 1 Dec. 1842, City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits (Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court 1842); handwriting of ; signature of ; certified by JS, 1 Dec. 1842; docket by JS, [, Hancock Co., IL], [1 Dec. 1842]; docket and endorsement by , ca. 1 Dec. 1842; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL], [28 Feb. 1843]; notation by , 28 Feb. 1843; two pages; JS Papers, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, IL.
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| State of Illinois) | ss. [scilicet] |
| Hancock County) | |
| at the City of ) |
Complaines on oath to Joseph Smith Mayor of said against for selling Ardent Sprits by the small quantity on or about the first day of Decr. Instant & at varous other times prior to said first day of December Contrary to the Statute & the ordinance of Said <> in trust case made and provided & prays that the said may be held to answer said Complaint
Dec 1, 1842
Personally appears. & made oath— that the foregoing complaint is true according to the best of his knowledge & belief. before me.
Joseph Smith
mayor of said City of
/Entd/ [p. [1]]
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Signature of Ira Miles.
Certification by JS in handwriting of Willard Richards.
Signature of JS.
Endorsement in handwriting of James Sloan.