Docket Entry, circa 6 December 1842, Circuit Court Copy [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits]
Source Note
Docket Entry, , Hancock Co., IL, ca. 6 Dec. 1842, City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1843). Copied [27] Feb. 1843; handwriting of ; certified by , [27] Feb. 1843; docket probably by , [, Hancock Co., IL], [28 Feb. 1843]; notation by , 28 Feb. 1843; two pages; microfilm in Circuit Court case files, 1830–1900, CHL. Includes seal.
Docket Entry, circa 6 December 1842, Circuit Court Copy [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Ardent Spirits ]
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)
Appellant)
City of )
Respondent)
Fine——
$25,00)
Costs——
7,50)
Justices fees——
6,00)
s fees——
4,06¼)
s fees—
2,25)
8 Witnesses fees
4,00)
$48,81¼
Municipal Court sat at 6 oClock P. M. to hear this Cause, Decr. 6th 1842.— Special Meeting.
Present. Joseph Smith Chief Justice, , , , , & , associate Justices.
Decr. 6th. 1842.— produced a Certificate from the , of his having filed a Bond with him as such , with proper security for the appeal of the decision of the Mayor, against said .
This appeal was from a Judgt. obtained by the against the , before the Mayor, upon the 2nd. Day of Decr. instant, for $25,00 fine, & $7,50 Costs, for selling Ardent spirits by the small quantity on or about the 1st. day of Decr. 1842, and at various other times prior to said lst day of Decr, contrary to the Ordinance of said in that Case made & provided.
Decr 6th 1842. Subpoena issued for , W. H. Ralston, Jas I. Gilbert, [blank] Powell, Jas A. Easton [Eastin], , Joseph A. McCall, Jas Fields, , , Wm. Thompson, , , Chester D. Stevens, & Elijah Sessions, as Witnesses, & was was returned endorsed, “served on the above named 12 persons,— fees $2,25, , Marshal.”
, Col. for the .
, Council for the .
, Wm. Thompson, Geo W. Thatcher, , Elijah Sessions, Chester D. Stevens, , James Fields, Jas A. Easton, & were sworn, examined, & crossexamined, witnesses in this Cause, & all claimed pay for their attendance, unless Thatcher & . —
The s claim for notifying the Aldermen $1,00.—
The proofs allegations & arguments having been gone through, The Judgment of the Court is, that the fine adjudged by the [p. [1]]