Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny]

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Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Indictment, 11 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Order of Commitment, 11 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Continuance, 14 August 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 10 December 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Costs, 15 April 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Costs, 17 December 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Indictment, 11 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Continuance, 17 August 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Continuance, 4 November 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny]
Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny]
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Indictment, [Honey Creek Township], Daviess Co., MO, ca. [10] Apr. 1839, State of MO v. Worthington et al. for Larceny (Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court 1840). Copied 20 Apr. 1839; handwriting of
Robert Wilson
Nov. 1800–10 May 1870. Politician, Lawyer, Farmer. Born near Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia. Moved to Franklin, Howard Co., Missouri Territory, by 1820. Married Margaret (Peggie) Snoddy, 18 May 1826. Served as clerk of circuit and county courts in Randolph...
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; certified by
Robert Wilson
Nov. 1800–10 May 1870. Politician, Lawyer, Farmer. Born near Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia. Moved to Franklin, Howard Co., Missouri Territory, by 1820. Married Margaret (Peggie) Snoddy, 18 May 1826. Served as clerk of circuit and county courts in Randolph...
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, 20 Apr. 1839; docket and notations by
James A. Clark
22 Feb. 1805–12 Dec. 1882. Lawyer, judge. Born in Estill Co., Kentucky. Son of Bennet Clark and Martha. Moved to Howard Co., Missouri, 1817. Trained as a lawyer under Peyton R. Hayden, 1825–1827; passed Missouri bar, 1827. Active in local politics, 1828. ...
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, [Honey Creek Township, Daviess Co., MO, ca. 10 Apr. 1839]; notation by
Roger N. Todd
5 Sept. 1797–11 Apr. 1846. Circuit court clerk. Born in Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of Levi Todd and Jane Briggs. Married Matilda Ferguson, ca. 30 Aug. 1819, in Fayette Co. Moved to Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, by 1822. Uncle of Mary Todd Lincoln...
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, [Columbia, Boone Co., MO], 12 July 1839; four pages; document destroyed. Photocopy at State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. Includes seal.

Historical Introduction
See Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods.
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Docket and notations in handwriting of Robert Wilson.
State
Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...
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Larceny
Taking and carrying away the personal property of another, with felonious intent and against the owner’s will. Illinois statute defined larceny as “the felonious stealing, taking and carrying, leading, riding, or driving away the personal goods of another...
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J, Worthington
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Joseph Smith Jr

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Lyman Wight
9 May 1796–31 Mar. 1858. Farmer. Born at Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of Levi Wight Jr. and Sarah Corbin. Served in War of 1812. Married Harriet Benton, 5 Jan. 1823, at Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York. Moved to Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, ...
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True Bill
“These words are endorsed on a bill of indictment when a grand jury, after having heard the witnesses for the government, are of opinion there is sufficient cause to put the defendant on his trial.”
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Robert P Peniston [Sr.] foreman of the Grand Jury

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Sampson Avard
23 Oct. 1800–15 Apr. 1869. Physician. Born at St. Peter, Isle of Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain. Migrated to U.S., by 1830. Married Eliza, a native of Virginia. Located at Washington DC, 1830. Moved to Virginia, by 1831. Moved to Freedom, Beaver...
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Allen Rathbu[r]n

Patrick Lynch

Geo, Worthington

John Stokes

Notation in handwriting of Roger N. Todd.
Filed July 12th 1839

R[oger] N Todd
5 Sept. 1797–11 Apr. 1846. Circuit court clerk. Born in Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of Levi Todd and Jane Briggs. Married Matilda Ferguson, ca. 30 Aug. 1819, in Fayette Co. Moved to Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, by 1822. Uncle of Mary Todd Lincoln...
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Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny]
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Docket and notations in handwriting of Robert Wilson.
Notation in handwriting of Roger N. Todd.