Indictment, 24 May 1844 [State of Illinois v. JS for Adultery and Fornication]
Source Note
Indictment, [], Hancock Co., IL, [24] May 1844, State of IL v. JS for Adultery and Fornication (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); handwriting of E. A. Thompson; docket and notations by E. A. Thompson, [, Hancock Co., IL, 24 May 1844]; notation by , 24 May 1844; three pages; CHL.
of in the said State of , the said Joseph Smith senior, usually called the Mormon Prophet late of of said County of in said State of , with certain women to the jurors unknown, then of said County of , did then & there live togethr in an open state of adultery ad fornication contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the same people of the state of .
E. A. Thompson States attorny [2/3 page blank] [p. [3]]