Ordinance, 14 November 1842
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Nauvoo City Council, Ordinance, , Hancock Co., IL, 14 Nov. 1842; handwriting of and two unidentified scribes; signature of JS; docket in handwriting of ; nineteen pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.

An Ordniance regulating the proceedings on Writs of .
Sec. 1. Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of , that if any person or Persons shall be, or stand committed, or detained for any criminal or supposed criminal matter it shall and may be lawful for him, her, or them, to apply to the Municipal Court when in Session, or to the Clerk thereof, in , for a Writ of , which application shall be in writing, & signed by the Prisoner, or some person on his, her, or their behalf, setting forth the facts concerning his her or their imprisonment, & in whose Custody He she or they are detained, & shall be accompanied by a copy of the Warrant or Warrants of Commitment, or an affidavit that the said copy had been demanded of the Person or Persons in whose custody the prisoner or Prisoners are detained, & by him or them refused or neglected to be given; the said Court or Clerk to whom the application shall be made, shall forthwith award the said Writ of Habeas Corpus, unless it shall appear from the Petition itself, or from the [p. 1]
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