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 jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) did feloniously receive harbour and maintain against the form of the Statute in such Case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the .
Circuit Attorney
9 And the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present. That the Said , , and Maurice Phelps, Late of Said County of , Together with a certain other person to the Jurors aforesaid as yet unknown) not having the fear of God before their eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil on the Said 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 in and upon one Moses Rowland in the Peace of the State of then and there being feloniously Wilfully and of their malice aforethought did make an other assault and that the said person to the jurors aforesaid yet unknown with a certain Gun of the Value of ten dollars then and there Charged with Gunpowder and one leaden Bullet which Gun the Said person so to the Jurors aforesaid as Yet unknown, in Both his hands then and there had and held in and upon the aforesaid Moses Rowland, then and there feloniously voluntarily Wilfully and of his malice aforethought did Shoot off [p. 26]