Venire Facias, 16 November 1841 [Robinson v. C. Granger]
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Source Note
, , to Sheriff [], , Hancock Co., IL, 16 Nov. 1841, Robinson v. C. Granger (Nauvoo, IL, Mayor’s Court 1841). Copied [ca. 16 Dec. 1841] in Docket Entry, Nauvoo Mayor’s Court Docket Book, 20; handwriting of ; CHL.
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| State of Illinois,) | ss. [scilicet] |
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, Mayor of the City of , County of Hancock, and State of Illinois, and a Justice of the Peace therein—
To the of said — Greeting:—
Whereas complaint is made to me by , of said , , and , for forcible detainer of the lands and tenements of said — You are, therefore, commanded on the behalf of the State of , to cause to come before me upon the 25th day of November, 1841, at 1 o’clock, P. M. at my office, in the said , , and aforesaid, twelve good and lawful men of the to inquire upon their oaths into the forcible detainer aforesaid.
Given under my hand and seal this 16th day of November, AD. 1841.
, Seal
Mayor of the city of , & one of the Justices of the Peace therein.
Dec. 9th, 1841.
The above warrant is continued to Thurs-day, the 16th Inst., at 1 o’clock, P. M., at which time it will be returnable to this office.
, Seal
Mayor of the city of . [p. 20]
[. . .]
I hereby certify that I have duly summoned the following named jurors to appear before the of the City of , on the 16th day of Dec., 1841, at 1 o’clock, P. M., to Serve in within named case.
George Snider [Snyder], George McIntire, Samuel D. Winegar, Joshua Smith, John B. Walker, Amos Davis, , , Lyman Leonard, , , Wm. Woodward.
, Sheriff.
| Summoning Jury | ,50. | |
| 18 Miles travel— | 1.12½— | 1.62½. |
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