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.
wound of the breadth of half an inch and extending entirely through the body of him The Said Moses Rowland of which Said mortal wound last aforesaid 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 aforesaid feloniously <voluntarily> Wilfully and of their malice aforethought, did Kill and against the form of the Statute in Such Case made and provided and 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 County of in the State of late of Said County of and late of Said County of , well Knowing the said , , and Maurice Phelps and the Said other persons, (Whose names to the Jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) to have done and Committed the felony and murder last aforesaid in form last aforesaid afterwards to wit on the twenty fifth day of October in the Year of Our Lord, Eighteen hundred and thirty eight with force [p. 36]