Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason]
Source Note
, 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.
and <my> friends <& I> also. the sheriff then showed <me> the and he found it had no <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. further says “we were then near yellow creek and there were no houses <nearer> one way nearer than 16 miles & 11 miles another way, except right on the creek here the a part of the guard took a spree while the balance of them helped them us to mount our horses which we purchased of them and for which <they were paid> <There here we took a change of venue &> we have since paidthem From thence we <to> reachwe <> without difficulty reached where we found our families who had been driven out of the under the exterminating order of . further saith thathe <I> never knew of Jos Smith holding any office civil or military or using and any undue influence in religious matters during the whole of routine of which Ihe <I> has <have> been speaking. has hastily