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Depositions, 21 July 1842 [JS v. Brotherton]
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Depositions, before DuBouffay Frémon, , St. Louis Co., MO, 21 July 1842, JS v. Brotherton (St. Louis Co., MO, Circuit Court 1843); unidentified handwriting; signatures of George Beebe and presumably Braxton W. Gillock, William Harris, J. J. Johnson, Silas Heaight, and ; notations and docket by unidentified scribe, [, St. Louis Co., MO], 30 July 1842; eight pages; St. Louis County Circuit Court, Civil Case Files, MSA.
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and Examined on the part of the . The opinion of the people in the neighborhood where & resided some five years <ago> in the State of , was very unfavorable as to their character for truth & veracity where the interest of their Society or <that of> Joseph Smith was inter was concerned—
Cross-Examined by Plaintiffs Counsel. There was a prejudice Existing in the Community against the <leaders of the> Mormons on account of their immoral conduct in matters of business— The majority of the lay members of the Mormon Church would have generally been believed by the community in which they lived— and further saith not
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 21st July 1842
DuBouffay Frémon Justice
| State of Missouri) | ss [scilicet] |
| County of St Louis) |
I Du Bouffay Frémon a Justice of the peace in & for said county do hereby Certify that Braxton W Gillock, George Beebe, William Harris, J. J. Johnson. Silas Heaight & the deponents, were by me severally sworn to testify the whole truth [p. [7]]
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Signature presumably of Lyman Johnson.