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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 Chauncey Robison, 26 December 1842 [Extradition of JS for Accessory to Assault]

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Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation 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 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 ]
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State of Illinois)
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To Esqr
Master in Chancery for the and aforesaid:—
Whereas, I Joseph Smith of the City of in the County of and State of being under arrest illegally and in the custody of by virtue of a proclamation made by late Governor of said do hereby apply to the Master in Chancery for said and pray that he may grant me a writ of that I may be entitled to the privilege of showing to the court having jurisdiction of the case the illegallity of the proclamation and the utter groundlessness of the charge preferred in said proclamation which charges me with being accessory 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 that I was not out of the State of nor in the State of for the last two years, and that I was not accessory to the said assault on said , not knowing any thing about the intended assault nor any thing concerning it untill I was informed of it sometime after it had occurred.
The copy of the said proclamation doth hereby follow:—
Proclamation
Executive Department .
September 20th. 1842
Whereas a requisition has been made upon me [p. [1]]
State of Illinois)
)
To Esqr
Master in Chancery for the and aforesaid:—
Whereas, I Joseph Smith of the City of in the County of and State of being under arrest illegally and in the custody of by virtue of a proclamation made by late Governor of said do hereby apply to the Master in Chancery for said and pray that he may grant me a writ of that I may be entitled to the privilege of showing to the court having jurisdiction of the case the illegallity of the proclamation and the utter groundlessness of the charge preferred in said proclamation which charges me with being accessory 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 that I was not out of the State of nor in the State of for the last two years, and that I was not accessory to the said assault on said , not knowing any thing about the intended assault nor any thing concerning it untill I was informed of it sometime after it had occurred.
The copy of the said proclamation doth hereby follow:—
Proclamation
Executive Department .
September 20th. 1842
Whereas a requisition has been made upon me [p. [1]]
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