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.
said Joseph Smith junior late of said County of , late of said County of , and late of said County of , not having the fear of God before their eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil before the felony and murder last aforesaid by the aforesaid , , Maurice Phelps and the said other persons (whose names to the jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) in manner and form as last aforesaid done and committed that is to say on the twenty-fifth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty-eight the aforesaid , Maurice Phelps, and the said other persons (whose names to the jurors aforesaid are as yet unknown) at the County of aforesaid to do and commit the felony and murder last aforesaid in manner and form last aforesaid maliciously, wilfully, voluntarily, and of their malice aforethought did stir up, move, abet counsel and procure against the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the .
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Circuit attorney.
3. And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present, That the said late of said County of late of said County of , & Maurice Phelps late of said County of [p. 4]