“The State of Ohio ss. [scilicet] The State of Vs. . Complaint to compel the defendant to give Bonds to keep the Peace. On complaint of Joseph Smith Junr, against the defendant against a Justice of the Peace for in said County, made on the 21st of Dec. 1833. a warrant was issued by said Justice aforesa[i]d which was returned before me a Justice of the Peace for in the County aforesaid on the 2 4th day of January A.D. 1834 by Stephen Sherman a constable of with defendant in Court, and not being ready for the examination said constable is directed to keep the defendant in custody and return him again before the Court on the 6th day of January A.D. 1834 at 9 o’clock a.m. at his office in , at which time this defendant again appeared, and not being yet ready for the examination on the part of the State this cause is again postponed to the 13th of January 1834, at 9 o’clock a.m. and the defendant requested to be kept in custody by A[braham] Ritch const. of , at which time the defendant was again brought before the Court by A Ritch, constable, and all parties being ready for trial, the Court commenced the examination, and the following witnesses were examined on the part of the state, Amos Hodges, C[urtis] Hodges, Sarah Wait, , Mary Coply, , M Hodges , J. Smith Jr, L. Copley C[harles A.] Holmes, , S. Slayton, Mr Wakefield, & E[lizur] Goodman, and the same were examined by the defendant. The examination [p. 431]