Execution, 30 May 1844 [United States v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–A]
Source Note
, , to City Marshal [], , Hancock Co., IL, 30 May 1844, U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith on Habeas Corpus–A (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1844); handwriting of ; certified by , 30 May 1844; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL, 30 May 1844]; endorsed by , 30 May 1844; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL. Includes seal.
The People of the state of to the of said , Greeting
We command you, That of the goods and chattels of , of the Territory of , and now in your . you make the Sum of Seventy Seven dollars and Seventy five cents, <it being the> costs on the Trial of on before the Municipal Court of said . which Habus Corpus writ was issued on the 16th of May 1844 and final Judgmt renderd by said court on the 30th. of the same month and year.— The cost as aforesaid was awarded to <by> the court. to be paid by the said , he being the original complainant agai[n]st said , and failed to prosecute the suit, <declaring— before the court he was acting as agent of the ,> and hereof make due returns to me within seventy days from this date.
[seal]
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this 30th day of May A. D. 1844