Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 30 June 1843 [Extradition of JS for Treason]
Source Note
JS, Petition, , Hancock Co., IL, to Municipal Court, , Hancock Co., IL, 30 June 1843, Extradition of JS for Treason (Nauvoo, IL, Municipal Court 1843); handwriting of ; signature of JS; certified by , 30 June 1843; notation by , [, Hancock Co., IL], 30 June 1843; four pages; JS Collection, CHL. Includes archival marking.
of the State of or otherwise as the agent of the State of in the State of , or in any other character & capacity to imprison your petitioner within the said State of —
7th Your petitioner before the making of the said arrest upon which he is now detained & imprisoned had been arrested for the same cause <& upon a charge for the same offence> for which he is now arrested & imprisoned by virtue of a warrant issued by the of the said State of upon a requisition of the Executive authority of the said State of & was discharged from said arrest & imprisonment by judgement of the Circuit Court of the Warren County at a court holden in the said County of Warren in <or about> the month of <June> A.D. 1841 in such manner as not to be liable to the said second arrest for the same cause
8th Your petitioner is not a fugitive from justice & has not fled from the justice of the said State of ; & he is not <guilty> & has not been guilty of tr[e]ason in or against the said State of
9th Your petitioner was not & has not been within the limits of the said State of for more than four years next before the making of said arrest & imprisonment whereby he is now detained, nor for or during four years before any indictments or other legal accusation was preferred against him— 10 [p. [3]]