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.
Which last mentioned Gun they the said , , Maurice Phelps and the Said other Persons (whose names to the jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) in their hands then and there had and held then and ther felonously Wilfully and of their Malice aforethought did Shoot off and discharge to against and upon him the Said Moses Rowland and that the Said , , Maurice Phelps and the Said other persons (whose names to the jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) with the leaden bullet last aforesaid out of the gun last aforesaid then and there by force of the Gunpowder last aforesaid by the Said . , Maurice Phelps and the Said other persons (whose names to the are as yet to the jurors <aforesaid> unknown) Shot discharged & Sent forth as last aforesaid then and there feloniously Wilfully and of their Malice aforethought did Strike penetrate and wound the Said Moses Rowland in and upon the left Side of the Belly of him the Said Moses Rowland giving to him the Said Moses Rowland then and there with the leaden bullet last aforesaid So as last aforesaid by them the Said , , Maurice Phelps— and the Said other persons (which names to the jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) Shot discharged and Sent forth out of the gun Last aforesaid by force of the gun powder last aforesaid [p. 6]