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.
in and upon, the Said left Side of the belly of him the Said Moses Rowland one other Mortal Wound of the breadth of half an inch and extending intirely 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 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 last aforesaid feloniously Voluntarily Wilfully and of their malice aforethought kill and against the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the , and that the said Joseph Smith Junior late of said County of Late of said County of , and late of said County of , not having the fear of God before their eyes but being moved and Seduced by the instigation of the Devil before the felony and Murder last aforesaid by the aforesaid , and Maurice Phelps, and the Said other persons (whose [p. 7]