Warrant, 8 June 1841 [Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes]
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Source Note
, Warrant, to Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables, for JS, , Alanson Brown, , , and , , Sangamon Co., IL, 8 June 1841, Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes (State of IL, Office of the Governor 1841); unidentified handwriting; certified by , 8 June 1844; docket by unidentified scribe, [, Sangamon Co., IL], [8 June 1841]; notation by unidentified scribe, , IL, [ca. 8 June 1841]; two pages; Executive Section, Requisitions From Other States, 1835–1949, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois. Includes seal.
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State of SS. [scilicet]
The People of the State of to all Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables of any County in [said] .— Greeting
Whereas it has been made known to me by the Executive authority of the State of that Joseph Smith Junr. , Alanson Brown, , and stand of said State of committed the crimes of [tr]eason against the State of of Burglary of Murder and of being accessories thereto and that said Joseph Smith Jr. , [Alan]son Brown, , and have fled from the [justice] [o]f said State of , and have taken [refuge] in the State of
Now Therefore, I Governor of the State of pursuant to the Constitution and Laws of the United States and of this , do hereby command you to arrest and apprehend the said Joseph Smith Jr, , Alanson Brown, and if they be found in the limits of the [Sta]te of and cause them to be safely kept and delivered the custody of George W White who has been duly constituted the agent [of the] [Sta]te of to receive said fugitives from the justice of said , he paying all fees and charges for the [arrest] and apprehension of said fugitives and make due return to the Executive manner in which this writ may be executed.
[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and caused the Great seal of said? to be affixed done at this 8th day of June A. D. 1841
By the Governor
[Secretary of State?] [p. [1]]
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