Transcript of Proceedings, , Sangamon Co., IL, ca. 17 July 1852, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852); U.S. District Court for the District of Illinois, Complete Records, 1837–1856, vol. 4, pp. 486–697; handwriting of ; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21, National Archives at Chicago, Chicago.
Peter Reimbolt, Lewis Telle, , John Kauffman defendants in the above suit being severally duly sworn depose any say that the facts stated in the above and foregoing answer are true so far as the same are set forth and stated upon their own knowledge, and so far as the same are stated on the information of others, they severally believe the same to be true.
P. Reimbolt
Lewis Telle
J. Kauffman
Subscribed and sworn before me Nov. 21st. 1850
G. Edmunds Jr. Master in of the C. C. of U.S. for Dist of
United States of America)
State of Iowa)
ss.
County of )
Daniel Brown being duly sworn deposed and swears that the foregoing answer in the above suit by him subscribed and the matters and facts therein stated and set forth so far as the same are stated upon my own knowledge are true and so far as the same are stated upon the information of others I believe them to be true.
Daniel Brown
L. S.
Sworn to and subscribed before me a commissioner, for the County of and State of under appointment from the Governor of the State of , this 23rd. day of November A. D. 1850.
Commissioner
This day to wit the second day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty came the defendants Simon Grill, Bernard Eking [Icking], Charles Wetzel, Daniel Elliott, Lorenzo [Laurenz] Risse and Samuel M. Chapman, by their solicitors and file their answer in this cause
Which is in the words and figures following to wit.
The answer of Simon Gril[l], Bernard Eking [Icking], Charles Wetzel, Daniel Elliott, Lorenzo [Laurenz] Risse, and Samuel M. Chapman of the defendants to the bill of complainant of the Complainant [p. 561]