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.
nard, . John T Earl, Ebenezer Brown, ; Sylvester Hewlett— Chandler Halbrook, Martin C Al[l]red, & William A[l]lred.]-
-[, a witness on behalf of the State, produced sworn and examined, deposeth and saith—
I was in the last expedition to , and saw the following of the defendents there to wit Joseph Smith Jr. , , , , , . George Kimble Maurice [Morris] Phelps, Norman Shearer, and — and the following named defendents was in the fight with . viz Norman Shearer. I was under <in> ’s company when he took , and rob[b]ed the store, the goods were packed off a great many of them before the men on their horses, an my Captain of ten gave me some, which I packed off before me to , they were deposided [deposited]in a house on the river bank— And further this deponent saith not—
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Addison F. Greene a witness for the State, produced sworn and examined, deposeth and saith:
The following of the defendants were in the expedition against . to wit: and Norman Shearer— and — I saw , Joseph Smith Jr [p. [109]]