Motion, 1 July 1839 [State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder]
Source Note
, Morris Phelps, and , Motion, Columbia, Boone Co., MO, 1 July 1839, State of MO v. Pratt et al. for Murder (Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court 1840); unidentified handwriting; signatures of , Morris Phelps, and ; certified by , 1 July 1839; two pages; photocopy in Daviess County Legal Documents, BYU.
miles that they have used all the diligence and exertion in their power to procure the testimony of said witnesses here at this term of the Court but have been unable to do so, that they have not had time to have the depositions of said witnesses taken since this special term of the Court was ordered that the Circuit attorney lives here in Columbia and that there was not time to give him the legal and necessary notice for the taking of Depositions, and that as a◊◊◊◊◊tant they had good reason to believe and did believe that they would attend personally.
Morris Phelps
Subscribed and Sworn to before me on this 1st day of July 1839
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