Subpoena, 24 May 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee]
Subpoena, 24 May 1842 [State of Illinois v. C. L. Higbee]
Source Note
Source Note
, Subpoena, for , , and Sarah Miller, , Hancock Co., IL, 24 May 1842, State of IL v. C. L. Higbee (Hancock Co., IL, Justice of the Peace Court 1842); printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; docket and notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL, 24 May 1842]; notation possibly by , [24 May 1842]; notation by Lewis Robison, 24 May 1842; two pages; location unknown; photocopy in possession of Richard and Pamela Price.
Upon appeal, this and other case documents from the justice of the peace court were forwarded to the , Illinois, circuit court and filed in 1842. This document apparently remained in the custody of the circuit court until at least 1979 and was missing by 1998. The location of the document is unknown.
The image featured here is a photocopy of the original document obtained by Richard and Pamela Price in 1968.
Footnotes
- [1]
Price and Price, Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy, 1:159.
Price, Richard, and Pamela Price. Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy: Volume 1. Independence, MO: Price Pub. Co., 2000.
- [2]
Price and Price, Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy, 1:158.
Price, Richard, and Pamela Price. Joseph Smith Fought Polygamy: Volume 1. Independence, MO: Price Pub. Co., 2000.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
| STATE OF ILLINOIS.) | Sct. [scilicet] |
| ,) |
The People of the State of to , , Sarah Miller,
You are hereby commanded to appear before me at my office in , on the [blank] day of forthwith at [blank] o’clock [blank] M. then and there to testify the truth, in a matter in suit, wherein The state of [blank] is plaintiff[blank] and [blank] defendant[blank] and this you are not to omit under the penalty of the law.
Given under my hand and seal, this 24th day of May, 1842.
J. P. -[seal.]-
Printer. .
Names of Witnesses, in case of State of vs.
Sarah Miller &
Issued [p. [1]]
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Document Information
Document Information
Footnotes
Footnotes
- [1]
TEXT: The form included a blank space in case “plaintiff” needed to be made plural.
- [2]
TEXT: The form included a blank space in case “defendant” needed to be made plural.
Notation in handwriting of Ebenezer Robinson.
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