Complaint, 4 October 1843, Copy [State of Illinois v. Drown]
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, Complaint, before , , IL, 4 Oct. 1843, State of IL v. Drown (Hancock Co., IL, Justice of the Peace Court 1843). Copied ca. 11 Oct. 1843; handwriting of ; certified by , ca. 4 Oct. 1843; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL, ca. 11 Oct. 1843]; docket and notation by , ca. 11 Oct. 1843; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.
Complaint, 4 October 1843, Copy [ State of Illinois v. Drown ]
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On the fourth day of October Eighteen Hundred & forty three Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in the Said County of and being duly Sworn deposeth and Saith, that he believe and has good cause to believ that did commit Wilful and corrupt Perjury in the Month of August A.D. 1842 in order to obtain a search Warrant to search the Premises of Leonard Mallory for a certain Brass Kettle which he the said did on his oath state to have been feloniously taken and carried from his the said premises and further that he did suspect the said Lemuel Mallory to be guilty of the deed and that the property Stolen Was concealed in or about his premises Whereas the truth is the Brass Kettle Was conveyed to the Premises of the said Lemuel Mallory by the corrupt persuasion and influence offered on by the said and that he the said placed or caused or caused to be placed the said Brass Kettle out of Doors in order to be conveyed to the premises of the said Lemuel Mallory
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the fourth day of October A.D. 1843
J. P.
I certify the above to be a true copy of the original