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Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Indictment, 11 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Order of Commitment, 11 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Continuance, 14 August 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 10 December 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Costs, 15 April 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Costs, 17 December 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Indictment, 11 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Continuance, 17 August 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Continuance, 4 November 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny]

Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny]

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Docket Entry,
Nolle Prosequi

“An entry made on the record, by which the prosecutor or plaintiff declares that he will proceed no further.”

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, [Columbia, Boone Co., MO, 5 Aug. 1840], State of MO v. Worthington et al. for Larceny (Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court 1840); Boone County Circuit Court Record, vol. C, p. 316; handwriting of
Roger N. Todd

5 Sept. 1797–11 Apr. 1846. Circuit court clerk. Born in Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of Levi Todd and Jane Briggs. Married Matilda Ferguson, ca. 30 Aug. 1819, in Fayette Co. Moved to Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, by 1822. Uncle of Mary Todd Lincoln...

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; Boone County Courthouse, Columbia, MO. Photocopy at BYU.

Historical Introduction

See Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods.

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State

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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vs
James Worthington

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State of
Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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plaintiff)
Indictment for
Larceny

Taking and carrying away the personal property of another, with felonious intent and against the owner’s will. Illinois statute defined larceny as “the felonious stealing, taking and carrying, leading, riding, or driving away the personal goods of another...

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against)
James Worthington

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and)
Cornelius P Lott

27 Sept. 1798–6 July 1850. Farmer. Born in New York City. Son of Peter Lott and Mary Jane Smiley. Married Permelia Darrow, 27 Apr. 1823, in Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Lived in Bridgewater Township, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus...

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defendants)
This day came the attorney prosecuting for the
State

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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and On his motion It is ordered by the Court that this Suit be dismissed and that the defendants
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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with their costs [p. 316]
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Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny]
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