Indictment, 26 October 1844 [State of Illinois v. Williams et al.]
Source Note
Indictment, [], Hancock Co., IL, [26] Oct. 1844, State of IL v. Williams et al. (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1845); manuscript form in handwriting of William Elliot with manuscript additions in handwriting of William Elliot; docket and notations by William Elliot with signature of James Reynolds, [, Hancock Co., IL, 26 Oct. 1844]; notation by , 26 Oct. 1844; notation by , 1 Nov. 1844; two pages; microfilm 1,521,604 at FHL.
of the October Term of the Circuit Court in the year of our Lord 1844—
State of Illinois.)
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The Grand Jurors chosen, selected and sworn in and for the County of in the name and by the authority of the People of the State of upon their oaths Present That John Wills, William Voras, William N. Grover, , , and one Gallaher whose first name to the Grand Jurors aforesaid is unknown and one Allen whose first name to the Grand Jurors aforesaid is unknown all late of the said County of and state of not having the fear of God before their eyes, but Being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil on the twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four with force and arms at and within the County of aforesaid and State of aforesaid in and upon one Joseph Smith in the Peace of God and of the People of the State of then and there Being unlawfully feloniously wilfully and of their malice aforethought, did make an assault: and that the said John Wills, William Voras, William N. Grover, , . and one Gallaher whose first name to the Grand Jurors aforesaid is unknown and one Allen whose first name to the Jurors aforesaid is unknown a certain Gun, of the value of one Dollar then and there loaded and charged with Gunpowder and one leaden bullet (which Gun he the said John Wills one of the Defendants above mentioned in both the hands of him the said John Wills then and there had and held) to against, and upon the said Joseph Smith then and there unlawfully feloniously, wilfully and of their malice aforethought, did shoot and discharge; and that the said John Wills, William Voras, William N. Grover, , , — and one Gallaher whose first name to the Grand Jurors aforesaid is unknown and one Allen whose first name to the Jurors aforesaid is unknown with the leaden bullet aforesaid, out of the Gun aforesaid [p. [1]]