On 24 April the Adams County Circuit Court agreed to continue the cases against the four Mormons charged with larceny over to the next term in September. Because of escalating violence in fall 1845, the cases never came to trial. (Adams Co., IL, Circuit Court Related Records, 1825–1846, vol. Q, p. 277, microfilm 1,845,383, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; Affidavit of Continuance, 16 Sept. 1845, photocopy, Adams Co., IL, Circuit Court, Selected Court Files, CHL.)
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Adams Co., IL, Circuit Court. Selected Court Files, 1840–1852. Photocopy. CHL. MS 14306.