on behalf of , Subpoena, to Sheriff [], for , , Hancock Co., IL, 8 May 1844, F. M. Higbee v. JS–B (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; docket printed with manuscript additions by , [, Hancock Co., IL, 8 May 1844]; notations printed with manuscript additions by , , IL, 10 May 1844; notation probably by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 14 May 1844; notation by James M. Campbell, [, McDonough Co., IL], 12 Aug. 1844; two pages; McDonough County Circuit Court Files, Illinois Regional Archives Depository vault, Archives and Special Collections, Leslie F. Malpass Library, Western Illinois University, Macomb. Includes seal.
WE COMMAND YOU TO SUMMON if to be found in your , personally to be and appear before the Circuit Court of said , at the Court House, in , on the Twenty Second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four to testify, and the truth to speak, in relation to a certain matter in controversy, now depending in the said Court, between plaintiff[blank], and Joseph Smith—— defendant at the instance of the said laying aside all pretences and excuses whatsoever, under the penalty of what the law directs. And make due return of this writ, and the manner in which you execute the same.
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WITNESS, Clerk of our said Circuit Court, at , this Eighth— day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four