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.
as last aforesaid then and there feloniously wilfully and 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 giving to 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 aforesaid are as yet unknown) shot discharged by force of the gun powder last aforesaid in and upon the said left side of the belly of him the said Moses Rowland one other mortal wound of the breadth of half an inch and extending entirely through the body of him the said Moses Rowland of which said mortal wound last aforesaid the said Moses Rowland then & there to wit: at the County 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 the manner and form last aforesaid feloniously, voluntarily, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought kill and murder against the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the , and that the [p. [3a]]