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Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Indictment, 11 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Order of Commitment, 11 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Continuance, 14 August 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 10 December 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Costs, 15 April 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Costs, 17 December 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Indictment, 11 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Removal Orders, 11 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Continuance, 17 August 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Continuance, 4 November 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny] Docket Entry, Nolle Prosequi, 5 August 1840 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny]

Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny]

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Indictment, [Honey Creek Township], Daviess Co., MO, ca. [10] Apr. 1839, State of MO v. Worthington et al. for Larceny (Daviess Co., MO, Circuit Court 1839); handwriting of
James A. Clark

22 Feb. 1805–12 Dec. 1882. Lawyer, judge. Born in Estill Co., Kentucky. Son of Bennet Clark and Martha. Moved to Howard Co., Missouri, 1817. Trained as a lawyer under Peyton R. Hayden, 1825–1827; passed Missouri bar, 1827. Active in local politics, 1828. ...

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; docket and notations by
James A. Clark

22 Feb. 1805–12 Dec. 1882. Lawyer, judge. Born in Estill Co., Kentucky. Son of Bennet Clark and Martha. Moved to Howard Co., Missouri, 1817. Trained as a lawyer under Peyton R. Hayden, 1825–1827; passed Missouri bar, 1827. Active in local politics, 1828. ...

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with probable signature of Robert P. Peniston Sr., [Honey Creek Township, Daviess Co., MO, ca. 10 Apr. 1839]; five pages; Daviess County Courthouse, Gallatin, MO.

Historical Introduction

See Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation. Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny ] Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny ]

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Docket and notations in handwriting of James A. Clark.


State

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...

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Larceny

Taking and carrying away the personal property of another, with felonious intent and against the owner’s will. Illinois statute defined larceny as “the felonious stealing, taking and carrying, leading, riding, or driving away the personal goods of another...

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vs)
J Worthington

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Cornelious P Lot

27 Sept. 1798–6 July 1850. Farmer. Born in New York City. Son of Peter Lott and Mary Jane Smiley. Married Permelia Darrow, 27 Apr. 1823, in Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna Co., Pennsylvania. Lived in Bridgewater Township, 1830. Baptized into Church of Jesus...

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Joseph Smith Jr
&
Limon Wight

9 May 1796–31 Mar. 1858. Farmer. Born at Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York. Son of Levi Wight Jr. and Sarah Corbin. Served in War of 1812. Married Harriet Benton, 5 Jan. 1823, at Henrietta, Monroe Co., New York. Moved to Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, ...

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A
True Bill

“These words are endorsed on a bill of indictment when a grand jury, after having heard the witnesses for the government, are of opinion there is sufficient cause to put the defendant on his trial.”

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Probable signature of Robert P. Peniston Sr..


Robert P Peniston [Sr.] Forman of the Grand Jury
 
Sampson Averd [Avard]

23 Oct. 1800–15 Apr. 1869. Physician. Born at St. Peter, Isle of Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain. Migrated to U.S., by 1830. Married Eliza, a native of Virginia. Located at Washington DC, 1830. Moved to Virginia, by 1831. Moved to Freedom, Beaver...

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Allen Rathburn Patrick Lynch George Worthington John Stokes [p. [4]]
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Indictment, circa 10 April 1839 [State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny]
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4
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    Docket and notations in handwriting of James A. Clark.

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    Probable signature of Robert P. Peniston Sr..

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