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.
Aforesaid are as yet unknown) at the County of aforesaid to do and Commit the felony and aforesaid in Manner and form aforesaid Maliciously Wilfully Voluntarily and of their Malice aforethought did Stir up move abet Council and procure against the form of the Statute in Such case made and provided, and against the peace and Dignity of the .
Circuit attorney
2 And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present. That the Said , , Maurice Phelps, 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 arms in 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 one other assault and that the Said , Maurice Phelps, and the Said other persons (whose names to the jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown.) a Certain other gun of the value of Ten dollars then and there charged with gunpowder and one leaden bullet, [p. 5]