Transcript of Proceedings, 24 May 1839 [State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder]
Source Note
Transcript of Proceedings, , Ray Co., MO, 24 May 1839, State of MO v. Pratt et al. for Murder (Ray Co., MO, Circuit Court 1839); unidentified handwriting; forty-one pages; photocopy in Daviess County Legal Documents, BYU. Includes seal.
and discharge and the aforesaid person so as aforesaid to the Said Jurors as yet unknown) with the leaden Bullet last aforesaid from the Gun last aforesaid then and there Sent out the aforesaid Moses Rowland then and there feloniously Struck Giving to the Said Moses Rowland then and there with the leaden bullet as last aforesaid on the left Side of the Belly of him the said Moses Rowland one mortal wound of the breadth of half an inch and extending entirely through the Body of them the said Moses Rowland of which last mentioned mortal wound the aforesaid Moses Rowland at the County of aforesaid instantly died and that the Said , , and Maurice Phelps, feloniously Wilfully and of their malice aforethought Were then and there present aiding helping, abetting comforting maintaining and assisting the Said person So to the Jurors aforesaid as yet unknown) in the felony and murder last aforesaid in manner and form aforesaid to do and Commit And So the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do Say that the Said person so to the Jurors aforesaid <as yet> unknown, and that said , , and Maurice Phelps in manner and form last aforesaid the Said Moses Rowland at aforesaid feloniously wilfully and of their malice aforethought did kill and [p. 27]