Habeas Corpus, 6 May 1844, Copy [F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus]
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Source Note
, Habeas Corpus, to City Marshal [], , Hancock Co., IL, 6 May 1844, F. M. Higbee v. JS–A on Habeas Corpus (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1844). Copied 6 May 1844; manuscript form in handwriting of with manuscript additions in handwriting of ; witnessed by , 6 May 1844; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL, 6 May 1844]; notation by with signature of , 6 May 1844; notation and docket by , ca. 6 May 1844; notation by , 8 May 1844; two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL. Includes seal.
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with according to law and herein fail not and bring this writ with you.
[seal]
Witness Clerk of the Municipal Court, at this 6th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hendred & forty four
clerk of the M. C. C.
Copy.
“By the Act”
May 6th 1844— I hereby certify that the within is a true Copy of the original writ of Habeus Corpus now in my possession.—
I hold the within named Joseph Smith Senior under arrest by virtue of a the Day of his caption May 6th. 1844 To Damage Five Thousand Dollars,
S. by D. S.
Circuit Court
To May Term A. D. 1844
| vs.) | In Case |
| Joseph Smith |
fees 2,00
Filed May 8th 1844 [p. [2]]
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TEXT: Embossed seal, “MUNICIPAL COURT [City of Nauvoo Il]”.
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Docket in handwriting of Willard Richards.
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Notation in handwriting of Willard Richards.
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Signature of Lorenzo D. Wasson.
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Notation and docket in handwriting of John D. Parker.
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Notation in handwriting of Willard Richards.
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