Justice of the peace
Summary
A local public judicial officer, commissioned to mete out justice for, or to prevent, a breach of the peace or other violation of the law. “When a felony or breach of the peace has been committed in their presence, they may personally arrest the offender, or command others to do so.” Otherwise, any such arrest is done upon a witness’s affirmation or probable cause that the named individual is the offender.
Links
papers
- Depositions, 17–18 May 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- Depositions, 25 January 1843 [ JS v. Brotherton ]
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Bostwick, Bostwick v. JS and Greene, and Bostwick v. JS
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. Withers
- Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–B, City of Nauvoo v. R. D. Foster–C, and State of Illinois v. R. D. Foster
- Introduction to Coolidge Administrator of the Estate of JS
- Introduction to R. D. Foster v. Hawn
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Finch, State of Illinois v. Finch on Habeas Corpus, and Davis v. JS et al.
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS for Assault and Battery
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Sympson, Sympson v. JS, and State of Illinois v. JS for Perjury
- John Taylor, Deposition, 17 May 1842 [ JS v. Brotherton ]