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.
The Said Moses Rowland of which said last mentioned mortal wound the said Moses Rowland then and there to wit, at the County of aforesaid instantly died and so the aforesaid , , Maurice Phelps, and the Said other persons (whose names to the Jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) the aforesaid Moses Rowland at the County of aforesaid on the day and Year aforesaid in manner and form last aforesaid feloniously, Voluntarily Wilfully and of their malice aforethought did kill and against the form of the statute 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 the said County of , & late of the said County of , Well knowing the Said , , Maurice Phelps, and the Said other person (whose names to the Jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) to have done and committed the said last mentioned felony and murder in forms last aforesaid to wit on the sd twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and Thirty eight, with force and arms to wit at County of aforesaid then the said , Maurice Phelps, and the Said other persons (whose names to [p. 25]