Docket Entry, Discharge, 25 May 1844 [State of Illinois v. Colton]

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Docket Entry, Discharge, 25 May 1844 [State of Illinois v. Colton]
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Carthage
Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site...
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, Hancock Co., IL, 25 May 1844], State of IL v. Colton (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); Hancock County Circuit Court Record, vol. D, p. [135]; handwriting of
David E. Head
27 Apr. 1818–1 May 1877. Clerk, merchant. Born in Washington Co., Kentucky. Moved to Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, ca. 1834. Deputy clerk of McDonough Co. Deputy clerk of Hancock Co., Illinois, circuit court, by 16 May 1843. Clerk of Hancock Co. Circuit...
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The People of the State of
Illinois
Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...
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vs)
Recognizance
“An obligation of record . . . to do some act required by law,” such as “to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like.” Recognizance is “somewhat like an ordinary bond, the difference being that a bond is the creation of a fresh debt, or obligation de novo...
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Andrew Colton
9 Oct. 1817–1 July 1894. Laborer, plasterer, farmer, soldier. Born in Cayuga Co., New York. Son of Charles Colton and Polly Jones. Married Fidelia Reed, 30 Apr. 1839, in Hancock Co., Illinois. Defendant in State of Illinois v. Colton and State of Illinois...
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The Grand Jury having found no bill herein it is ordered that the said
Defendant
9 Oct. 1817–1 July 1894. Laborer, plasterer, farmer, soldier. Born in Cayuga Co., New York. Son of Charles Colton and Polly Jones. Married Fidelia Reed, 30 Apr. 1839, in Hancock Co., Illinois. Defendant in State of Illinois v. Colton and State of Illinois...
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be discharged from his
recognizance
“An obligation of record . . . to do some act required by law,” such as “to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like.” Recognizance is “somewhat like an ordinary bond, the difference being that a bond is the creation of a fresh debt, or obligation de novo...
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taken herein and that he
go hence without day
When the court dismisses charges against a person “he is said to go without day; that is, there is no day appointed for him to appear again.”
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Docket Entry, Discharge, 25 May 1844 [State of Illinois v. Colton]
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