Complaint, 14 November 1842 [State of Illinois v. D. Brown and Edwards]
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, Complaint, before JS, , Hancock Co., IL, 14 Nov. 1842, State of IL v. D. Brown and Edwards (Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court 1842); handwriting of ; signature of ; certified by JS, 14 Nov. 1842; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL], [14 Nov. 1842]; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.
Before me Joseph Smith Mayor of of the City of personally came who being duly sworn according to law, deposeth & saith that on the 15 <14>th. Inst in the City of certain Cotton-wood Logs nine or Ten in number belonging to said deponent were taken from near Thompsons Lime-kiln willfully & maliciously as believes & conveyed away feloniously and verily believes that one James <Daniel> Brown of this did take said Logs & convey them away and one Thomas <S> Edwards <of said > he further believes was aiding & abetting in the removal of said Logs & further this saith not.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me in the <>aforesaid this 14th day of Nov A D. 1842.