Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]

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Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
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Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, Columbia, Boone Co., MO, 18 July 1839, Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes (State of MO, Office of the Governor 1841); 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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and unidentified scribe; certified by
Roger N. Todd
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, 18 July 1839; docket by
Roger N. Todd
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, [Columbia], Boone Co., MO, [18 July 1839]; thirty seven pages; Joseph Smith Extradition Records, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Illinois. Includes seal.

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See Introduction to Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Orders for Change of Venue, 17 May 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ] Orders for Change of Venue, 17 May 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ] Transcript of Proceedings, 24 May 1839 [State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder] Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes] Petition, 17 May 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ] Transcript of Proceedings, 24 May 1839 [State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder] Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes] Indictment, circa 7 January–circa 23 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ] Indictment, circa 7 January–circa 23 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ] Transcript of Proceedings, 24 May 1839 [State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder] Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
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At a circuit court began and held for
Ray County
Located in northwestern Missouri. Area settled, 1815. Created from Howard Co., 1820. Initially included all state land north of Missouri River and west of Grand River. Population in 1830 about 2,700; in 1836 about 6,600; and in 1840 about 6,600. Latter-day...
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State of Missouri on Monday the twenty-second day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty-nine the following proceedings were had. To wit:

[“]State of Missouri)

County of
Ray
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)

5th Judicial Circuit)

Be it remembered that at a circuit court began and held at the [co]urt
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house in the Town of
Richmond
Area settled, ca. 1814. Officially platted as Ray Co. seat, 1827. Population in 1840 about 500. Seat of Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri; also location of courthouse and jails. JS and about sixty other Latter-day Saint men were incarcerated here while...
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in the County of
Ray
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on Monday the 22d day of April 1839 being the fourth monday in said month before the Hon.
Austin A. King
21 Sept. 1802–22 Apr. 1870. Attorney, judge, politician, farmer. Born at Sullivan Co., Tennessee. Son of Walter King and Nancy Sevier. Married first Nancy Harris Roberts, 13 May 1828, at Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee. In 1830, moved to Missouri, where he...
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Commissioned & assigned to hold the Courts in said
County
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:
Benjamin J. Brown
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, Esquire high Sheriff in and for said
County
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returned into open Court, 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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s writ of
veniri facias
A summons to cause the party to appear on an indictment for any petty misdemeanor. Venire facias is also issued to a sheriff or other official to summon citizens to serve as jurors.
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to him directed executed on James Holman [Will]iam W. Clements, Thos L. D. W. Shaw [illegible] Sile, William Hockinsmith Lewis [illegible] Joseph Cravin, Jesse Levault Randolph [Mc]Donald, William Hill, John Clevinger, Robert Prichard, John H. Smith William Cox, John Shackleford, John Davis, Thomas Hamilton & William Jeffreys all of whom appeared being good and lawful men of said
county
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: James Holman was appointed foreman who together with his fellow Jurors being duly sworn as the law requires as a grand inquirie for the 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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and for the body of the County of
Ray
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after having received their charge from the Court [p. 1]
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Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
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