Docket Entry, Alias Capias, 24 May 1844 [State of Illinois v. Drown on Habeas Corpus]

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Alias
“Otherwise called”; a word that is “prefixed to the name of a second writ of the same kind issued in the same cause,” such as alias fieri facias.
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Capias
Latin for “that you take”; a writ or process commanding a sheriff or other officer to take a defendant into legal custody. Each use of this term is adapted to the purposes indicated by additional words used for its designation. When a summons was not the ...
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Carthage
Located eighteen miles southeast of Nauvoo. Settled 1831. Designated Hancock Co. seat, Mar. 1833. Incorporated as town, 27 Feb. 1837. Population in 1839 about 300. Population in 1844 about 400. Site of acute opposition to Latter-day Saints, early 1840s. Site...
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Habeas Corpus
“Have the body”; a written order from a court of competent jurisdiction commanding anyone having a person in custody to produce such person at a certain time and place and to state the reasons why he or she is being held in custody. The court will determine...
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(Hancock Co., IL, Circuit Court 1845); Hancock County Circuit Court Record, vol. D, p. 134; handwriting of
David E. Head
27 Apr. 1818–1 May 1877. Clerk, merchant. Born in Washington Co., Kentucky. Moved to Macomb, McDonough Co., Illinois, ca. 1834. Deputy clerk of McDonough Co. Deputy clerk of Hancock Co., Illinois, circuit court, by 16 May 1843. Clerk of Hancock Co. Circuit...
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; Hancock County Courthouse, Carthage, IL; microfilm at FHL.
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The People of the State of Illinois Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri... More Info )
vs)	Indictment for Perjury “An offence against public justice, being a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered by any that has authority, to any person in any judicial proceeding, who swears absolutely and falsely in a matter material to the issue or cause in question.” ... View Glossary
Charles Drown)

On motion of the s attorney it is ordered that an issue herein returnable to the next term of this court till which time cause is continued [p. 134]

The People of the State of Illinois Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri... More Info )
vs)	Indictment for Perjury “An offence against public justice, being a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered by any that has authority, to any person in any judicial proceeding, who swears absolutely and falsely in a matter material to the issue or cause in question.” ... View Glossary
Charles Drown)

On motion of the s attorney it is ordered that an issue herein returnable to the next term of this court till which time cause is continued [p. 134]

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Docket Entry, Alias Capias, 24 May 1844 [State of Illinois v. Drown on Habeas Corpus]
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