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.
after the battle, and saw the Mormon company on their return— I saw one of the defendents in the Company, this was about 1½ miles from the battleground. had arms, and charged me with being a mob. said he knew I was &c And further this deponent saith not
X <his mark> John Taylor
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Timothy Lewis a witness, on behalf of the State, produced sworn and examined, deposeth and saith:
I was at during the last expedition to . I remained in the place during the time the mormon troops were there— I was out on none of their scouting parties but saw a great deal of property and plunder brought in, which they <was> said to be consecrated property by those who brought it in, as well as by others— those who were active in plundering said they intended to consecrate all the property in <& take the to themselves> they said there was no law in this but that a law was about to be established by a higher power— to be given by revelation— This [2 words illegible] about the
The following of the Defendents were in the expedition to — , <I did not see> &, . resides in , and is a surveyor [p. [111]]