Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason]
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, Testimony, , Hancock Co., IL, 1 July 1843, Extradition of JS for Treason (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1843). Copied [between 3 and 6 July 1843]; handwriting of unidentified scribe; signature of ; docket by , [, Hancock Co., IL], ca. [6] July 1843; notation by , ca. [6] July 1843; thirty-two pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, CHL.
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my friends & I also. the sheriff then showed me the and he found it had neither day or date to it, and said the inhabitants of would be surprised that the prisoners had not left them sooner, and said he by G——d I shall not go much further. “we were then near yellow creek and there were no houses nearer one way than 16 miles & 11 another way, except right on the creek here a part of the guard took a spree while the balance helped us to mount our horses which we purchased of them and for which they were paid here we took a change of venue & From thence to without difficulty where we found our families who had been driven out of the under the exterminating order of . I never knew of Jos Smith holding any office civil or military or using any undue influence in religious matters during the whole routine of which I have been speaking.
’s Testimony July 1, 1843
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Filed July 1st. 1843.— [p. 32]
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