Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson]
Source Note
Indictment, [Honey Creek Township], Daviess Co., MO, ca. [10] Apr. 1839, State of MO v. Gates et al. for Arson (Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court 1839). Copied 20 Apr. 1839; handwriting of ; certified by , 20 Apr. 1839; docket and notations by , [Honey Creek Township, Daviess Co., MO], [ca. 10 Apr. 1839]; notation by , [Columbia, Boone Co., MO], 12 July 1839; six pages; document destroyed. Photocopy at State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. Includes seal.
And the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present that the said Defendants, on the first day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight, with force and Arms at the County of aforesaid feloniously and maliciously did set fire to a Certain other dwelling house of the said Robert Peniston there Situate, with intent then and there to injure and defraud the said Robert Peniston, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the —
Circuit Attorny
And the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further Present that, the said , , , Joseph Smith Jr, , , , , , Washington Voorheis, , , Sydney Tanner, David Corns , James Worthington, , , , , , , and , late of said County of aforesaid on the first day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight, with force and Arms at the County of aforesaid, feloniously and maliciously did set fire to a certain other dwelling house of or belonging [p. 3]