The said it would be of no use to appoint this committee. If an officer come here with a writ, and he can put it into s hands, and will attend to it.
made some remarks relative to the conduct and movements of the officer who was here yesterday.
followed with some remarks on this subject and stated more fully his reasons for presenting the above suggestions.
said he thought things had been moving along very well for some time back, and he considered that to appoint a committee would be productive of more hurt than good, inasmuch as whatever might result from the service of a writ after this would be attributed to the heads [p. [332]]
Kelting, a Mormon living in Nauvoo, had been serving as a deputy sheriff of Hancock County since at least January 1845. (Joseph A. Kelting, “To the Public,” Nauvoo Neighbor, Extra, 18 Jan. 1845, [1].)