Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason]
Source Note
Minutes and Testimonies, , Ray Co., MO, 12–29 Nov. 1838, State of MO v. Gates et al. for Treason (Fifth Judicial Circuit of MO 1838); unidentified handwriting; 126 pages; Eugene Morrow Violette Collection, State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia.
we shot at anyone.— The company we hailed in the road was the same, who attacked us. And further this deponent saith not—
X <his mark> John Lockhart.
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Porter Yale a witness, for the state, produced sworn & examined, deposeth & saith:
I was at , at my fathers, when the mormons made an attack upon it & burnt it.— When they surrounded my father’s house they took his guns two guns, one shot and one rifle, In going to the store <door> I saw one of them taking my mare out of the stable— I went over to see what he was doing, who obser[v]ed that it was a pretty good mare.— and was about putting a bridle on her. I told him if she went I would go along— (as I was determined to stick to my nag.) He replied that he wanted me to go— I then caught my mare and went with the company to — where they kept me two or three days— there appeared to be about 100 mormons— and a portion of them left with me for , others were behind coming on— most of them had goods packed before them on their horses, which had been taken from store— Two men went on ahead with for waggons, and on my way to we met two or three waggons which they said were going after the goods— Before leaving I left before the store [p. [106]]