Warrant, 11 June 1844 [State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A]
Source Note
, Warrant, to “all Constables Sheriffs, and Coroners” of , for JS, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , , Hancock Co., IL, 11 June 1844, State of IL v. JS et al. for Riot–A (Hancock Co., IL, Justice of the Peace Court 1844); unidentified handwriting, presumably ; notation by , [, IL], 25 June 1844; notation by , [ca. 25 June 1844]; docket by unidentified scribe, [ca. 25 June 1844]; notation probably by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 21 Oct. 1844; two pages; first leaf at Karpeles Manuscript Library, Santa Barbara, CA; photocopy and partial second leaf at BYU. Includes seal.
For a color image of the top half of page [3], see here.
The people of the State of to any <all> Constable<s> <Sheriffs and Coroners> of said <> Greeting:
Whereas complaint hath been made before me, one of the justices of the peace, within & for the County of aforesaid, upon the oath of of said , that Joseph Smith, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , of said , did on the tenth day of June instant, commit a riot, at & within the aforesaid, wherein they with force &violence broke into the printing office of the Nauvoo Expositor, and unlawfully & with force burned & destroyed the printing press, type & fixtures of the same, being the property of , , , , , and ,
These are therefore to command you, forthwith to apprehend the said Joseph Smith, , , , , , , , , , [p. [1]]