Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
Source Note
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 and unidentified scribe; certified by , 18 July 1839; docket by , [Columbia], Boone Co., MO, [18 July 1839]; thirty seven pages; Joseph Smith Extradition Records, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Illinois. Includes seal.
last mentioned gun they the said , Maurice Phelps and the said other persons (whose names to the jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) in their hands then and there had and held then and there feloniously wilfully and of their malice aforethought did shoot off and discharge to and against and upon him the said Moses Rowland and that the said Maurice Phelps and the said other persons (whose names to the jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) with the leaden bullet last aforesaid out of the gun last aforesaid by the said , Maurice Phelps and the said other persons (whose names are as yet to the jurors aforesaid unknown) shot discharged and sent forth as last aforesaid then and there feloniously wilfully & of their malice aforethought did strike penetrate and wound the said Moses Rowland in and upon the left side of the belly of him the said Moses Rowland then and there with the leaden bullet last aforesaid so as last aforesaid by them the said , Maurice Phelps, and the said other persons (whose names to the jurors as aforesaid are as yet unknown) shot discharged and sent forth out of the gun last aforesaid, by force of the gunpowder last aforesaid in and upon the said left side of the belly of him the said Moses Rowland of [3 words illegible] <one other mortal> wound of the breadth of half an inch and extending entirely [p. 6]