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Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles Complaint, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles] Warrant, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles] Subpoena, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles] Affidavit, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles] Minutes, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles] Docket Entry, circa 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles] Receipt, 7 February 1843 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]

Complaint, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]

Source Note

Ira Miles

25 Dec. 1808–31 July 1878. Born at Tinmouth, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Miles and Sarah (Sally) Simonds. Moved to Attica, Genesee Co., New York, by Nov. 1825. Lived near New Portage, Medina Co., Ohio, winter 1835. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...

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, Complaint, before JS as mayor, against
Amos Davis

Ca. 20 Sept. 1813–22 Mar. 1872. Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper. Born in New Hampshire or Vermont. Son of Wells Davis and Mary. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836. Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in...

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,
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL, 6 Dec. 1842, City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles (Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court 1842); handwriting of
George Stiles

18 July 1816–Sept. 1885. Attorney, judge, politician. Born in Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York. Son of John Stiles and Persis Cole. Moved to Le Ray, Jefferson Co., by 1820. Moved to Pamela, Jefferson Co., by 1830. Married first Julian Mackemer, 7 Nov. 1841...

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; signature of
Ira Miles

25 Dec. 1808–31 July 1878. Born at Tinmouth, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Miles and Sarah (Sally) Simonds. Moved to Attica, Genesee Co., New York, by Nov. 1825. Lived near New Portage, Medina Co., Ohio, winter 1835. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...

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; certified by JS, 6 Dec. 1842; notation by
Henry G. Sherwood

20 Apr. 1785–24 Nov. 1867. Surveyor. Born at Kingsbury, Washington Co., New York. Son of Newcomb Sherwood and a woman whose maiden name was Tolman (first name unidentified). Married first Jane J. McManagal (McMangle) of Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, ca. 1824...

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, [
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Hancock Co., IL], [ca. 6 Dec. 1842]; docket by
James Sloan

28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...

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, ca. 6 Dec. 1842; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL. Includes notation and docket.
Single leaf, unevenly cut, measuring 5¾–5⅞ × 7¾ inches (15 × 20 cm). The leaf is torn on the left side of the verso and unevenly cut along the bottom edge. The leaf is ruled with fifteen horizontal lines and one partial line printed in blue ink with header space. The document was later trifolded and docketed for filing.
The document includes a docket by
James Sloan

28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...

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, who served as city recorder and clerk of the
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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Municipal Court from 1841 to 1843.
1

“Officers of the City of Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:638; “Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, 1 July 1843, 4:244.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

This document was presumably kept among Nauvoo city records. In 1845 the city of Nauvoo was disincorporated.
2

“An Act to Repeal the Nauvoo Charter,” 14th General Assembly, 1844–1845, Senate Bill no. 35 (House Bill no. 42), Illinois General Assembly, Enrolled Acts of the General Assembly, 1818–2012, Illinois State Archives, Springfield.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Illinois General Assembly. Bills, Resolutions, and Related General Assembly Records, 1st–98th Bienniums, 1819–2015. Illinois State Archives, Springfield.

Many if not most of the city records were likely included in the various collections of city records listed in an inventory produced by the Church Historian’s Office (later Family and Church History Department) in 1846, when they were packed up along with church records and taken to the Salt Lake Valley.
3

“Schedule of Church Records. Nauvoo 1846,” [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

The city records are also listed in inventories of church records created in 1855, 1878, and circa 1904.
4

“Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th April 1855,” [1]–[2]; “Index of Records and Journals in the Historian’s Office 1878,” [11]; “Index to Papers in the Historians Office,” ca. 1904, 7, Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

The Nauvoo, Illinois, records collection was arranged and cataloged by the Family and Church History Department (now CHL) in 2006.
5

See the full bibliographic entry for Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, in the CHL catalog.


The document’s likely inclusion with the city records listed in early church inventories and its inclusion in the Nauvoo, Illinois, records collection in 2006 indicate continuous church custody since 1845.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    “Officers of the City of Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, 15 Dec. 1841, 3:638; “Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” Times and Seasons, 1 July 1843, 4:244.

    Times and Seasons. Commerce/Nauvoo, IL. Nov. 1839–Feb. 1846.

  2. [2]

    “An Act to Repeal the Nauvoo Charter,” 14th General Assembly, 1844–1845, Senate Bill no. 35 (House Bill no. 42), Illinois General Assembly, Enrolled Acts of the General Assembly, 1818–2012, Illinois State Archives, Springfield.

    Illinois General Assembly. Bills, Resolutions, and Related General Assembly Records, 1st–98th Bienniums, 1819–2015. Illinois State Archives, Springfield.

  3. [3]

    “Schedule of Church Records. Nauvoo 1846,” [1], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.

    Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

  4. [4]

    “Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th April 1855,” [1]–[2]; “Index of Records and Journals in the Historian’s Office 1878,” [11]; “Index to Papers in the Historians Office,” ca. 1904, 7, Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL.

    Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.

  5. [5]

    See the full bibliographic entry for Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, in the CHL catalog.

Historical Introduction

The five documents featured here
1

Complaint, 6 Dec. 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]; Warrant, 6 Dec. 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]; Subpoena, 6 Dec. 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]; Affidavit, 6 Dec. 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]; and Minutes, 6 Dec. 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles].


pertain to a 6 December 1842 legal case initiated before the
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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, Illinois, mayor’s court and presided over by JS. Because of his position as mayor of Nauvoo, JS possessed the authority of a justice of the peace within the city and served as the chief justice of the municipal court.
2

Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 Dec. 1840.


In these roles, JS generated a large number of legal documents for which this case provides a representative sample. The 6 December 1842 legal proceedings featured here grew out of a complaint
Ira Miles

25 Dec. 1808–31 July 1878. Born at Tinmouth, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Miles and Sarah (Sally) Simonds. Moved to Attica, Genesee Co., New York, by Nov. 1825. Lived near New Portage, Medina Co., Ohio, winter 1835. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...

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filed against
Amos Davis

Ca. 20 Sept. 1813–22 Mar. 1872. Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper. Born in New Hampshire or Vermont. Son of Wells Davis and Mary. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836. Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in...

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. Davis, a merchant and tavernkeeper in Nauvoo, had a turbulent relationship with JS, which grew further strained in late 1842.
3

See Complaint against Amos Davis, 29 Nov. 1842.


Davis was brought before JS or Nauvoo’s municipal court at least five times in the week between 30 November and 6 December and was accused of violating several city ordinances. In each of these cases, JS participated as either a justice of the peace, a complainant, or a witness.
4

Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 10–15 (second numbering); Nauvoo Mayor’s Court Docket Book, 38–41.


Comprehensive Works Cited

Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book / Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court. “Docket of the Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” ca. 1843–1845. In Historian's Office, Historical Record Book, 1843–1874, pp. 51–150 and pp. 1–19 (second numbering). CHL. MS 3434.

Nauvoo Mayor’s Court Docket Book / Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court. Docket Book, 1843. In Historian’s Office, Historical Record Book, 1843–1874, pp. 12–50. CHL.

On 29 November 1842, JS swore out a complaint accusing Davis of insulting his character and claiming Davis had violated the city’s ordinance concerning religious societies in doing so. Although the 30 November trial ended with a nonsuit after Davis’s lawyer challenged whether the evidence established a violation of the city ordinance, JS swore out a second complaint that same day without specifying which ordinance Davis had violated.
5

JS, Complaint, 30 Nov. 1842, photocopy, JS Collection, CHL, original in private possession. Because of its similarity to JS’s 28 November 1842 complaint against Thomas Hunter, the 30 November 1842 complaint against Amos Davis was likely an appeal to Nauvoo’s vagrancy laws. (See Complaint against Thomas Hunter, 28 Nov. 1842.)


On 3 December, Davis appeared before the municipal court for the trial based on JS’s second complaint, and the court found Davis guilty.
6

See Complaint against Amos Davis, 29 Nov. 1842; and Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 10–13 (second numbering).


Meanwhile, on 1 December,
Miles

25 Dec. 1808–31 July 1878. Born at Tinmouth, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Miles and Sarah (Sally) Simonds. Moved to Attica, Genesee Co., New York, by Nov. 1825. Lived near New Portage, Medina Co., Ohio, winter 1835. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...

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swore a complaint before JS accusing
Davis

Ca. 20 Sept. 1813–22 Mar. 1872. Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper. Born in New Hampshire or Vermont. Son of Wells Davis and Mary. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836. Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in...

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of selling small quantities of liquor in violation of
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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’s temperance ordinance.
7

Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 15 Feb. 1841, 8. The Nauvoo city ordinance forbade selling whiskey “or other Spirituous Liquors” in small quantities, such as by the glass.


That same day,
William Walker

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also swore a complaint accusing Davis of assault and battery. Both cases were brought before JS the next day. The trial based on Miles’s temperance complaint resulted in a guilty verdict and a fine of twenty-five dollars, while all parties agreed to adjourn the assault case until 6 December at ten o’clock in the morning. At the 6 December trial, JS found Davis guilty and fined him fifty dollars.
8

Nauvoo Mayor’s Court Docket Book, 38–40.


Sometime that day, Davis also appealed his temperance conviction to the municipal court, and the appeal was scheduled for six in the evening that same day.
9

Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 14–15 (second numbering).


Comprehensive Works Cited

Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book / Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court. “Docket of the Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” ca. 1843–1845. In Historian's Office, Historical Record Book, 1843–1874, pp. 51–150 and pp. 1–19 (second numbering). CHL. MS 3434.

At some point on 6 December, likely in connection with either the assault case hearing or the temperance violation appeal scheduled for that day,
Miles

25 Dec. 1808–31 July 1878. Born at Tinmouth, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Miles and Sarah (Sally) Simonds. Moved to Attica, Genesee Co., New York, by Nov. 1825. Lived near New Portage, Medina Co., Ohio, winter 1835. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...

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swore out a new complaint before JS accusing
Davis

Ca. 20 Sept. 1813–22 Mar. 1872. Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper. Born in New Hampshire or Vermont. Son of Wells Davis and Mary. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836. Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in...

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of using “Indecent Language and Behavior” against him on 3 December. After hearing Miles’s complaint, JS issued a warrant for Davis’s arrest to the city marshal and a summons for
Hyrum Smith

9 Feb. 1800–27 June 1844. Farmer, cooper. Born at Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vermont. Son of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack. Moved to Randolph, Orange Co., 1802; back to Tunbridge, before May 1803; to Royalton, Windsor Co., Vermont, 1804; to Sharon, Windsor Co...

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,
Lyman Johnson

24 Oct. 1811–20 Dec. 1859. Merchant, lawyer, hotelier. Born at Pomfret, Windsor Co., Vermont. Son of John Johnson and Alice (Elsa) Jacobs. Moved to Hiram, Portage Co., Ohio, Mar. 1818. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Sidney Rigdon...

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, and Andrew Gravel to attend the trial. Unfortunately, the lack of specificity in the trial documents obscures the exact basis for Miles’s complaint. The identities of the four witnesses suggest, however, that this complaint arose out of Miles’s testimony given at the 3 December trial about Davis’s use of abusive language toward JS. As part of that earlier trial, Hyrum Smith, Gravel, and Miles were among those subpoenaed, and Johnson acted as Davis’s defense attorney.
10

Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 12–13 (second numbering).


Comprehensive Works Cited

Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book / Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court. “Docket of the Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” ca. 1843–1845. In Historian's Office, Historical Record Book, 1843–1874, pp. 51–150 and pp. 1–19 (second numbering). CHL. MS 3434.

Sometime following JS’s issue of the warrant and summons but before the trial arising from
Miles

25 Dec. 1808–31 July 1878. Born at Tinmouth, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Miles and Sarah (Sally) Simonds. Moved to Attica, Genesee Co., New York, by Nov. 1825. Lived near New Portage, Medina Co., Ohio, winter 1835. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...

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’s complaint began,
Davis

Ca. 20 Sept. 1813–22 Mar. 1872. Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper. Born in New Hampshire or Vermont. Son of Wells Davis and Mary. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836. Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in...

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swore an affidavit before JS stating he believed that JS was prejudiced against him and that he could not receive an impartial trial. In response, JS agreed to transfer the case to alderman
William Marks

15 Nov. 1792–22 May 1872. Farmer, printer, publisher, postmaster. Born at Rutland, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Cornell (Cornwall) Marks and Sarah Goodrich. Married first Rosannah R. Robinson, 2 May 1813. Lived at Portage, Allegany Co., New York, where he...

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.
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James Sloan’s rough minutes for the trial initially record that the papers were handed to alderman Newel K. Whitney. Sloan then crossed out Whitney’s name and replaced it with Marks’s. Regardless, the change of venue was a technical violation of Nauvoo’s charter, which granted the mayor “exclusive jurisdiction” over all cases arising out of city ordinances. There was no provision allowing for cases to be transferred to another justice or alderman. (Minutes, 6 Dec. 1842, City of Nauvoo v. Davis [Nauvoo Mayor’s Ct. 1842], Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 Dec. 1840.)


Presumably after the change in jurisdiction, Marks summoned JS as a witness for the case. Rather than create a new summons, however, the court simply added JS’s name to the summons that had already been served, which the city marshal then served on JS separately. After hearing the evidence, Marks found Davis guilty and fined him ten dollars as well as court costs. Although Davis appealed his three other December convictions to the
Hancock County

Formed from Pike Co., 1825. Described in 1837 as predominantly prairie and “deficient in timber.” Early settlers came mainly from mid-Atlantic and southern states. Population in 1835 about 3,200; in 1840 about 9,900; and in 1844 at least 15,000. Carthage ...

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Circuit Court, in this case he simply paid the fine.
12

Nauvoo Mayor’s Court Docket Book, 40–41.


JS’s clerk
James Sloan

28 Oct. 1792–24 Oct. 1886. City recorder, notary public, attorney, judge, farmer. Born in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Alexander Sloan and Anne. Married Mary Magill. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ordained an elder, ...

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later recorded the entire trial, including
Marks

15 Nov. 1792–22 May 1872. Farmer, printer, publisher, postmaster. Born at Rutland, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Cornell (Cornwall) Marks and Sarah Goodrich. Married first Rosannah R. Robinson, 2 May 1813. Lived at Portage, Allegany Co., New York, where he...

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’s judgment, in JS’s docket book. However, his earlier rough minutes—featured here—record the trial only up through the decision to transfer the case to Marks, at which point it left JS’s jurisdiction.
See also Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles.

Footnotes

  1. [1]

    Complaint, 6 Dec. 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]; Warrant, 6 Dec. 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]; Subpoena, 6 Dec. 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]; Affidavit, 6 Dec. 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]; and Minutes, 6 Dec. 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles].

  2. [2]

    Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 Dec. 1840.

  3. [3]

    See Complaint against Amos Davis, 29 Nov. 1842.

  4. [4]

    Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 10–15 (second numbering); Nauvoo Mayor’s Court Docket Book, 38–41.

    Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book / Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court. “Docket of the Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” ca. 1843–1845. In Historian's Office, Historical Record Book, 1843–1874, pp. 51–150 and pp. 1–19 (second numbering). CHL. MS 3434.

    Nauvoo Mayor’s Court Docket Book / Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court. Docket Book, 1843. In Historian’s Office, Historical Record Book, 1843–1874, pp. 12–50. CHL.

  5. [5]

    JS, Complaint, 30 Nov. 1842, photocopy, JS Collection, CHL, original in private possession. Because of its similarity to JS’s 28 November 1842 complaint against Thomas Hunter, the 30 November 1842 complaint against Amos Davis was likely an appeal to Nauvoo’s vagrancy laws. (See Complaint against Thomas Hunter, 28 Nov. 1842.)

  6. [6]

    See Complaint against Amos Davis, 29 Nov. 1842; and Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 10–13 (second numbering).

  7. [7]

    Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 15 Feb. 1841, 8. The Nauvoo city ordinance forbade selling whiskey “or other Spirituous Liquors” in small quantities, such as by the glass.

  8. [8]

    Nauvoo Mayor’s Court Docket Book, 38–40.

  9. [9]

    Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 14–15 (second numbering).

    Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book / Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court. “Docket of the Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” ca. 1843–1845. In Historian's Office, Historical Record Book, 1843–1874, pp. 51–150 and pp. 1–19 (second numbering). CHL. MS 3434.

  10. [10]

    Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book, 12–13 (second numbering).

    Nauvoo Municipal Court Docket Book / Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court. “Docket of the Municipal Court of the City of Nauvoo,” ca. 1843–1845. In Historian's Office, Historical Record Book, 1843–1874, pp. 51–150 and pp. 1–19 (second numbering). CHL. MS 3434.

  11. [11]

    James Sloan’s rough minutes for the trial initially record that the papers were handed to alderman Newel K. Whitney. Sloan then crossed out Whitney’s name and replaced it with Marks’s. Regardless, the change of venue was a technical violation of Nauvoo’s charter, which granted the mayor “exclusive jurisdiction” over all cases arising out of city ordinances. There was no provision allowing for cases to be transferred to another justice or alderman. (Minutes, 6 Dec. 1842, City of Nauvoo v. Davis [Nauvoo Mayor’s Ct. 1842], Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL; Act to Incorporate the City of Nauvoo, 16 Dec. 1840.)

  12. [12]

    Nauvoo Mayor’s Court Docket Book, 40–41.

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Unfinished notation in the handwriting of Henry G. Sherwood.


State of
 

Docket in the handwriting of James Sloan.


Decr. 6th.1842.
City of
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....

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)
Complaint of
Ira S. Miles

25 Dec. 1808–31 July 1878. Born at Tinmouth, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Miles and Sarah (Sally) Simonds. Moved to Attica, Genesee Co., New York, by Nov. 1825. Lived near New Portage, Medina Co., Ohio, winter 1835. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ...

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.—
Vs.)
Amos Davis

Ca. 20 Sept. 1813–22 Mar. 1872. Merchant, farmer, postmaster, tavernkeeper. Born in New Hampshire or Vermont. Son of Wells Davis and Mary. Moved to Commerce (later Nauvoo), Hancock Co., Illinois, ca. fall 1836. Married first Elvira Hibard, 1 Jan. 1837, in...

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Complaint, 6 December 1842 [City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of Miles]
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