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.
to the said there situate with intent, then and there to defraud and injure the said 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 aforesaid do further present, that the said , , , Joseph Smith Jr, , , , , , , , Washington Voorheis, , Sydney Tanner, David Carns, , James Worthington, , and late of said County of 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 and Burn a certain other dwelling House of one George Worthington, there situate with intent then and there to injure and defraud the said George Worthington, Against the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the Peace and Dignity of the —