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 Maurice Phelps, to have done and Committed the Said last mentioned felony and in form last aforesaid afterwards to wit 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 Said County of to wit, at the County of aforesaid them the said , and Maurice Phelps— and the said last mentioned other person, whose name to the Jurors aforesaid 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
11 And the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present, That the Said , late of Said County of , late of Said County of and Maurice Phelps, late of Said County of and divers other evil disposed persons (whose Names to the Jurors aforesaid are 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 Twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty eight with force and [p. 31]