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 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.
body of him the said Moses Rowland of which said mortal wound last aforesaid the said Moses Rowland then and there to wit. at the county of aforesaid instantly died. and so the aforesaid Maurice Phelps and the said other persons (whose names to the jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) the aforesaid Moses Rowland at the county of aforesaid on the day and year aforesaid in manner and form aforesaid feloniously Voluntarily Wilfully and of their malice aforethought did kill and murder against the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the and the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present that the said Joseph Smith Junior late of the County of in the State of late of said County of late of said county of well knowing the said and Maurice Phelps and the said other persons (whose names to the jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) to have done and Committed the felony and murder last aforesaid in form last aforesaid afterwards to wit on the Twenty fifth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty eight with force and arms at the county of To wit at the said county of then the said and Maurice Phelps and the said other persons whose names are as yet to the Jurors aforesaid unknown did feloniously receive harbor and maintain against the form of the statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the .