Testimony against , , Hancock Co., IL, 25 May 1844; handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; nine pages; JS Office Papers, CHL.
Page 5
. Illinois May 24th 1844
After, all that this . has done. in wickedly, <&> maliciously, using the name of Joseph Smith, to persuade innocent females to submit to gratify his hellish lusts, and <thus> blast the Characters of the most, chaste pure & virtuous, and philanthropic men on the earth, he has.<&> <he,> to screen himself from the law of the Lord, and the just indignation of an insulted people, and save himself from the penetentiary, or whatever punishment his <unparalled> crimes merit, he has entered into a conspiracy with the Laws and others <with the Laws and others—> to <against> take the life of those who are knowing to their his abandoned conduct thus hoping to save himself from the disgrace which must follow an exposure,— and wreak his vengeance, and gratify his Revenge for his awful disappointments. in theinshamefulcareer. [p. 5]