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Historian’s Office, martyrdom account; handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw, , and ; 76 pages plus several inserted pages; CHL.
For more information on the History Drafts, see Introduction to History Drafts, 1844–1856.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
See Historical Introduction to Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft.
that, and we admit the press was destroyed <by order of the Mayor, it having been condemned <by the City Council> as a nuisance.>
<They> read law to show that justices could not recognize without admission of guilt, <and> offered to give bail, or asked why he could not discharge the law read was stated by to < stated that the law quoted by the prosecution> belonged to civil, not criminal cases.
State <The Prosecution> insisted to have a commission of the crime acknowledged.
after a good deal of assitance on the part of the prosecution. Court asked if the parties admitted <that> there was sufficient cause to bind over; and the council <for the Defence> admitted there was. sufficient cause to bind over with <and offered to enter into> cognizance in <the> common form in order to prevent, if possible, any increase of excitement
5. P.M. Court acknowledged <the> admission, and ordered recognizances. <whereupon———> Joseph Smith, , , , , , , , , , [p. 19]
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Jonathan Grimshaw handwriting ends; Leo Hawkins begins. Pages 19–20 were removed from the martyrdom account draft and placed into this more final copy of the martyrdom account. The pages were renumbered to conform to the pagination of this copy.
Unless otherwise specified, all insertions on this page are in the handwriting of Jonathan Grimshaw.
Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
Insertion in the handwriting of Thomas Bullock.
Insertion in the handwriting of Leo Hawkins.