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Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 6 May 1844 [F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus]
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JS, Petition, to Municipal Court, , Hancock Co., IL, 6 May 1844, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1844); handwriting of ; signature of JS in the handwriting of ; docket and notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 6 May 1844; four pages; JS Collection, CHL. Includes notations.
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been brewing a against the Life of Your Petitioner—
Your Petitioner further States that the Suit which has been instituted against him has been done <Instituted> through Malice private pique and Corruption—
Your Petitioner would therefore most respectfully ask your Honorable Body to grant him the benefit of the Writ of — that the whole matter may be thorougly investigated, and Such order made a[s] the Law and Justice demand in the premises And your Petitioner <will> iver pray
May 6. 1844
Joseph Smith, Senr. [1/2 page blank] [p. [3]]
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Handwriting of George Stiles ends; Willard Richards begins.