Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason]
Source Note
Indictment, [Honey Creek Township], Daviess Co., MO, [ca. 10 Apr. 1839], State of MO v. Gates et al. for Treason (Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court 1840). Copied 20 April 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; twelve pages; document destroyed. Photocopy at State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. Includes seal.
Addresses and wri[t]ings the said Pamphl[e]ts, Letters, Instructions, Res[ol]utions, o[r]ders, d[ec]larations, Addresses and writ[ings] so [res]pectively co[m]posed [3 words illegible] caused to be compos[e]d written and Published, purporting and containing therein among other things incitements, Encouragements and Exhortations to move induce and persuade the Citizens of our said to levy war against our said and to Adhere to the Enemies of our said and to give them aid and comfort in time of war, and further to fulfil, Perfect and bring to effect, their most Evil and wicked Treason and treasonable compassings and immaginations aforesaid, and in order the more readily and effectually to assemble such convention and meeting as aforesaid [f]or the Traitorous purposes aforesaid and thereby <to> accomplish the said purposes, the said defendants as such false Traitors as aforesaid [o]n the [blank] day of [blank] in the y[ea]r of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight aforesaid and on Divers othe[r] days and times as well before as after, with force and Arms at the County of aforesaid, did meet consult, and deliberate among themselves and together with Divers other false Traitors whose names are to the Jurors aforesaid unknown of and concerning the calling and Assembling such convention and meeting as aforesaid for the Traitorous Purposes aforesaid and how when and where su[c]h convention and meeting should be as[sem]bled and he[l]d [p. 4]