Subpoena, 3 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault]
Source Note
JS as Mayor and Justice of the Peace, Subpoena, to City Marshal [], for David Mathews and Michael Barns, , Hancock Co., IL, 3 Dec. 1842, City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Assault (Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court 1842); handwriting of ; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 3 Dec. 1842; notations by , , IL, 3 Dec. 1842; docket and notation by on behalf of , [, Hancock Co., IL], 28 Feb. 1843; two pages; private possession. Includes seal.
The People of the State of , to the of said , Greeting:
you are hereby Commanded to Summon David W. Matthews [Mathews], Michael Barns Junr.to [1 line blank] to be and appear before me Joseph Smith, one of the Justices of the peace in and for said , at my , at ten OClock on tuesday next the Sixth day of December instant, there to give testimony, and the truth to say, touching a certain complaint made on behalf of the said & against , and hereof fail not, under the penalty of the Law; and have you then there this Writ.
Given under my hand and Seal this third day of Decr 1842.