Warrant, 2 August 1842, Sylvester Emmons and William Clayton Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]
Source Note
, Warrant, to , for JS, , Sangamon Co., IL, 2 Aug. 1842, Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault (State of IL, Office of the Governor 1842). Copied [8 Aug. 1842] in JS, Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 8 Aug. 1842; handwriting of and ; two pages; JS Collection, CHL. Includes archival notation.
aforesaid, with being accessary, before the fact to an assault with intent to kill, made by one on , on the night of the sixth day of May A. D 1842 at the County of in said State of and that the said Joseph Smith has fled from the justice of said and taken refuge in the State of :
Now therefore, I, , Governer of the State of , pursuant to the Constitution and Laws of the , and of this , do hereby command you to arrest and apprehend the said Joseph Smith, if he be found within the limits of the aforesaid, and cause him to be safely kept and delivered to the custody of at Ills, who has been duly constituted the Agent of the said State of to receive said fugitive from the Justice of said , he paying all fees and charges for the arrest and apprehension of said Joseph Smith and make due return to the Executive Department of this , the manner in which this writ may be executed
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of to be affixed. Done at the City of , this second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two and of the Independance of the , the sixty-seventh