Case File Wrapper, circa October 1844 [State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury]

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Carthage
Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site...
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, Hancock Co., IL], ca. Oct. 1844, State of IL v. JS for Perjury (Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1844); docket in unidentified handwriting; docket in handwriting of
David E. Head
27 Apr. 1818–1 May 1877. Clerk, merchant. Born in Washington Co., Kentucky. Moved to Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, ca. 1834. Deputy clerk of McDonough Co. Deputy clerk of Hancock Co., Illinois, circuit court, by 16 May 1843. Clerk of Hancock Co. Circuit...
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; notation probably in handwriting of
David E. Head
27 Apr. 1818–1 May 1877. Clerk, merchant. Born in Washington Co., Kentucky. Moved to Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, ca. 1834. Deputy clerk of McDonough Co. Deputy clerk of Hancock Co., Illinois, circuit court, by 16 May 1843. Clerk of Hancock Co. Circuit...
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; one page; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL.
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See Introduction to State of Illinois v. Sympson, Sympson v. JS, and State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury.

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People
vs)	Perjury “An offence against public justice, being a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered by any that has authority, to any person in any judicial proceeding, who swears absolutely and falsely in a matter material to the issue or cause in question.” ... View Glossary
Joseph Smith Sen[r]

Octo Term 1844 [p. [1]]

No 22

People
vs)	Perjury “An offence against public justice, being a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered by any that has authority, to any person in any judicial proceeding, who swears absolutely and falsely in a matter material to the issue or cause in question.” ... View Glossary
Joseph Smith Sen[r]

Octo Term 1844 [p. [1]]

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State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury, Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court, 21 October 1844
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Case File Wrapper, circa October 1844 [State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury]
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- David E. Head
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1. Insertions in unidentified handwriting.
2. Docket in handwriting of David E. Head.
3. Notation probably in handwriting of David E. Head.

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