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Introduction to Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault Proclamation, 11 May 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Lilburn W. Boggs, Affidavit, 20 July 1842, William Clayton Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Thomas Reynolds, Requisition, 22 July 1842, William Clayton Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Memorandum of Proclamation, 19 September 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Warrant, 2 August 1842, Sylvester Emmons and William Clayton Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Warrant, 2 August 1842, James Sloan Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, as Published in Illinois Register [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, William Clayton First Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Thomas Carlin, Proclamation, 20 September 1842, William Clayton Second Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Petition to Thomas Ford, 31 December 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Petition to Thomas Ford, 31 December 1842, Lyman Trumbull Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Warrant, 31 December 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Warrant, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 8 August 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Habeas Corpus, 8 August 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Habeas Corpus, 8 August 1842, Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Docket Entry, circa 8 August 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Habeas Corpus, 10 August 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Habeas Corpus, 10 August 1842, Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842, Draft [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Petition to Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Petition to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Petition to the United States Circuit Court for the District of Illinois, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Docket Entry, Petition and Order for Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842, Willard Richards Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Habeas Corpus, 31 December 1842, William Clayton Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Docket Entry, Return of Habeas Corpus, Bond, and Order, 31 December 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Order, 31 December 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Order, 31 December 1842, Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Affidavit, 2 January 1843, William Clayton Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Docket Entry, Affidavit, Motion, and Continuance, 2 January 1843 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Motion, circa 3 January 1843 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Docket Entry, Motion, 4 January 1843 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Wilson Law and Others, Affidavit, 4 January 1843, Willard Richards Copy [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Jacob B. Backenstos and Stephen A. Douglas, Affidavit, 4 January 1843 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Docket Entry, Motion Overruled and Discharge, 5 January 1843 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Trial Report, 5–19 January 1843, as Published in the Sangamo Journal [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Trial Report, 5–19 January 1843, as Published in Reports [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Thomas Ford, Order, 6 January 1843 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault] Transcript of Proceedings, 6 January 1843 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]

Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 8 August 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation Warrant, 2 August 1842, Sylvester Emmons and William Clayton Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ] Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 8 August 1842 [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ] Warrant, 2 August 1842, James Sloan Copy [ Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault ]
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State of Illinois)
City of )
To the <​Judges of the​> Municiple Court of the City of
Whereas I Joseph Smith of said being under arrest illegally <​and in the custody of officer​> by virtue of a Writ issued by Gov— of said do hereby apply to the Municiple Court of Said for and pray that they may grant me a writ of in pursuance of <​a provision in​> the and an ordinance in pursuance of said provision, that I may be entitled to the privilege of showing to your honors the insufficiency of the writ and the impossibility of utter groundlessness of the charge prefered in said Writ which charges me with being accessary before the fact to an assault with intent to Kill made by one on on the night of the sixth day of May A D 1842 in the State of and having fled from the Justi[c]e of said and taking refuge in the State of when as I shall be able to prove before your honors that I was not out of the State of nor in the State of for the last two years and that I was not accesory to said assault of on said not knowing anything about the intended assault nor anything concerning it untill I was informed of it some time after it had occured the copy of said Writ doth hereby follow
The people of the State of
To
Whereas it has been made known to me by the Executive authority of the State of that one Joseph Smith stands charged by the affidavit of made on the 20th. day of July A.D 1842 at the county of in the State of before a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of [p. [1]]
State of Illinois)
City of )
To the Judges of the Municiple Court of the City of
Whereas I Joseph Smith of said being under arrest illegally and in the custody of officer by virtue of a Writ issued by Gov— of said do hereby apply to the Municiple Court of Said and pray that they may grant me a writ of in pursuance of a provision in the and an ordinance in pursuance of said provision, that I may be entitled to the privilege of showing to your honors the insufficiency of the writ and the utter groundlessness of the charge prefered in said Writ which charges me with being accessary before the fact to an assault with intent to Kill made by one on on the night of the sixth day of May A D 1842 in the State of and having fled from the Justice of said and taking refuge in the State of when as I shall be able to prove before your honors that I was not out of the State of nor in the State of for the last two years and that I was not accesory to said assault on said not knowing anything about the intended assault nor anything concerning it untill I was informed of it some time after it had occured the copy of said Writ doth hereby follow
The people of the State of
To
Whereas it has been made known to me by the Executive authority of the State of that one Joseph Smith stands charged by the affidavit of made on the 20th. day of July A.D 1842 at the county of in the State of before a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of [p. [1]]
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