Transcript of Proceedings, circa 11 June 1842 [United States v. Haws et al.]
Source Note
Transcript of Proceedings, , Sangamon Co., IL, ca. 11 June 1842, U.S. v. Haws et al. (U.S. District Court for the District of IL 1842); U.S. District Court for the District of Illinois, Complete Record, 1819–1842, vol. 1, pp. 529–531; unidentified handwriting; National Archives at Chicago, Chicago.
Pleas in the District Court of the , for the District of , held at the City of , in the aforesaid, before the Hon. , Judge of our said Court, on Saturday the eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two, and of our Independence the 66th year.
, Clerk.
District of , ss. [scilicet]
The put in their place their Attorney against , , , Joseph Smith and .
District of . ss.
Be it remembered that on the twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty two, The , by their attorney, came into the s Office of the District Court of the , for the District of , and prayed a summons in debt to issue against , , , Joseph Smith and , which was accordingly issued, and is as follows, to wit,
District Court of the , for the District of , sc[ilice]t.
The ,
To the of the District of , Greeting:
We command you that you summon , , , Joseph Smith and , if they be found in your District, to be and appear before our of our District Court of the for the District of , at the next term thereof, to be holden at in the aforesaid on the first Monday of June next, to answer unto the in a plea of debt, Debt ten thousand dollars. And have you then and there this writ.
L. S.
Witness the Hon. , Judge of our said Court at , this 25th day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty two, and of our Independence the 66th year.
, Clerk.
Which said writ was returned by the of the District of , with the following endorsement to wit.
Executed upon the within named , , Joseph Smith and , by reading this 4 day of May 1842, not found.
, Marshal by P. V. Bergen Depty.
And afterwards, to wit, that is to say, on the seventh day of June anno Domini Eighteen hundred and forty two, came the said plaintiffs by their , and filed the following , to wit,
District of , ss.[scilicet]
The plaintiffs in this suit its Attorney complains of , , , Joseph Smith and , citizens of the State of defendants in this suit in custody &c, of a plea that they render unto [p. 529]