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Habeas Corpus, 6 May 1844, Copy [F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus]
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, Habeas Corpus, to City Marshal [], , Hancock Co., IL, 6 May 1844, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1844). Copied 6 May 1844; manuscript form in handwriting of with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; witnessed by , 6 May 1844; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL, 6 May 1844]; notation by with signature of , 6 May 1844; notation and docket by , ca. 6 May 1844; notation by , 8 May 1844; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL. Includes seal.
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with according to law and herein fail not and bring this writ with you.
[seal]
Witness Clerk of the Municipal Court, at this 6th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousa[n]d eight hendred & forty four
clerk of the Municipal court <M. C. C. > of city of
Copy.
“By the Act”
May 6th 1844— I hereby certify that the within is a true Copy of the original writ of Habeus Corpus now in my possession.—
I hold the within named Joseph Smith Senior under arrest by virtue of a the Day of his caption May 6th. 1844 To Damage Five Thousand Dollars,
S. by D. S.
Circuit Court
To May Term A. D. 1844
| vs.) | In Case |
| Joseph Smith |
fees 2,00
Filed May 8th 1844 [p. [2]]
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TEXT: Embossed seal, “MUNICIPAL COURT [City of Nauvoo Il]”.
Docket in handwriting of Willard Richards.
Notation in handwriting of Willard Richards.
Signature of Lorenzo D. Wasson.
Notation and docket in handwriting of John D. Parker.
Notation in handwriting of Willard Richards.