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.
Washington Vories, Chandler Haldbrook, I think, , , I think— .,— while the last expedition was in progress in — a portion of the troops returned to , to whom <& to the people assembled> I understood , had read a letter from Jos Smith Jr, to I afterwards asked <to> read it to me, which he did. and it was, as near as I can recollect, as follows: That the enemy was delivered into their hands and that they need not fear, that it this had been given to him by the spirit of prophesy in the name of Jesus Christ.— appeared to rejoice at the information and give into it <the> thing— A few days before the militia got to , Jos Smith Jr observed that he didn’t intend to obey the laws any longer, that he had had a great many writs served on him, & that he was of age, and did not intend to have another served on him. And further this deponent saith not.
James C. Owens
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Nathaniel Carr, a witness produced, sworn and examined in behalf of the State, deposeth and saith:
While the last expedition was going on in — a portion of the troops returned to , and was paraded before s door. a letter was produced by him, recd. <as he said> from Jos. Smith Jr & and perhaps , & I think .— the letter was read, which stated something like this that all things was <were> going on well in , that they had nothing to fear & that the enemy was in their hands.— I understood thisinformation to be by from what was said in the letter, that they knew this by revelation. the letter was read to about [p. [48]]