Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
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Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, Columbia, Boone Co., MO, 18 July 1839, Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes (State of MO, Office of the Governor 1841); handwriting of and unidentified scribe; certified by , 18 July 1839; docket by , [Columbia], Boone Co., MO, [18 July 1839]; thirty seven pages; Joseph Smith Extradition Records, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Illinois. Includes seal.
case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the , and that the said Joseph Smith, junior, late of the county of late of said County of , late of said County of , not having the fear of God before their eyes but being seduced by the instigation of the Devil before the felony and murder last aforesaid by the aforesaid persons so as aforesaid to the said Jurors as yet unknown together with the said , and Maurice Phelps in manner and form last aforesaid done and committed that is to say on the twenty-fifth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty-eight at the county of aforesaid the aforesaid person so as aforesaid to the said jurors as yet unknown and the said , Norman Shearer, and Maurice Phelps, to do and commit the felony and murder last aforesaid in manner and form last aforesaid maliciously, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought did stir up, move, abet, counsel and procure against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the
, Circuit attorney
6 And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present that the said , and Maurice Phelps late of said county of , together with a certain other person to the jurors aforesaid as yet unknown, not having the fear of God [p. 8]