Indictment, circa 7 January–circa 23 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder]
Source Note
Indictment, [, Ray Co., MO], [ca. 7 Jan.–ca. 23 Apr. 1839], State of MO v. Pratt et al. for Murder (Ray Co., MO, Circuit Court 1839). Copied [ca. 23 Apr. 1839]; unidentified handwriting; twenty-four pages; unknown number of pages missing; CHL.
Maurice Phelps, and the said other Persons (whose Names to the Jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) with the leaden bullet last aforesaid out of the Gun last aforesaid then and there by force of the gun Powder last aforesaid by the said , , Maurice Phelps and the said other persons (whose names are as yet to the Jurors aforesaid unknown) shot, discharged and sent forth as last aforesaid then and there Feloniously, Wilfully and of their malice aforethought did strike, penetrate and wound the said Moses Rowland in and upon the left side of the belly of him the said Moses Rowland giving to him the said Moses Rowland then and there with the leaden bullet last aforesaid so, as last aforesaid by them the said , Maurice Phelps and the said other persons (whose Names to the Jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) shot discharged and sent forth out of the gun last aforesaid in and upon the said left side of the belly of him the said Moses Rowland one mortal wound of the breadth of half an inch and extending entirely through the body of him the said Moses Rowland of which said last mentioned mortal wound the said Moses Rowland then and there to wit at the county of aforesaid instantly died, and so the aforesaid , , Maurice Phelps and the said other persons (whose names to the Jurors [p. 21]