Indictment, circa 7 January–circa 23 April 1839 [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); handwriting of ; signatures presumably of ; docket and notation by with signature presumably of James Holman, [, Ray Co., MO, ca. 23 Apr. 1839]; notation by unidentified scribe, 26 Apr. 1839; notation by , 8 June 1839; thirty-five pages; photocopy in Daviess County Legal Documents, BYU.
manner and form <last> aforesaid done and committed that is to say on the twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty eight at the county of aforesaid to do and commit the felony and <as *> <* the aforesaid person so as aforesaid to the said jurors as yet unknown & the said Norman Shearer and Maurice Phelps,> <last> aforesaid in manner and form last aforesaid maliciously feloniously wilfully and of their malice aforethought did stir up move abet counsel and procure against the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the .
<> Circuit attorney.
6. And the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present That <the said> the said Norman Shearer , and Maurice Phelps late of said County of together with a certain other person to the jurors aforesaid as yet unknown not having the fear of God before their eyes but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil on the twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty Eight with force and arms at the County of aforesaid in and upon one Moses Rowland in the Peace of the State of then and there being feloniously wilfully and of their malice aforethought did make an <other> assault and that the said Person to the Jurors aforesaid yet unknown with a certain <other> Gun of the value of ten dollars, then and there charged with gun powder and a leaden bullet which <last mentioned> gun the said person aforesaid, to the Jurors aforesaid <as yet> unknown, in both his hands then [p. 15]