Transcript of Proceedings, 24 May 1839 [State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder]
Source Note
Transcript of Proceedings, , Ray Co., MO, 24 May 1839, State of MO v. Pratt et al. for Murder (Ray Co., MO, Circuit Court 1839); unidentified handwriting; forty-one pages; photocopy in Daviess County Legal Documents, BYU. Includes seal.
And Commit the felony and last aforesaid in form last aforesaid and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do Say that the Said , , and Maurice Phelps an the Said other persons (Whose names are as yet to the Jurors aforesaid unknown then and there feloniously, Wilfully, and of their malice aforethought did kill and murder the Said Moses Rowland against the form of the Statute and in Such case made and provided & against the peace and dignity of the . And the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do further present, that the said Joseph Smith Junior late of the Said County of late of said County of , & Late of Said County of . Well knowing the Said , , and Maurice Phelps, and the Said other persons (whose names are as yet to the Jurors aforesaid unknown) to have done and Committed the Said Last mentioned felony and murder in form last aforesaid afterward to wit, on the twenty fifth day of October in the year of Our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty eight with force and arms at the County of aforesaid then the said , , and Maurice Phelps, and the Said other persons Whose names are as yet to the Jurors aforesaid unknown) did feloniously [p. 22]