Riot (Illinois)
Summary
Illinois law defined riot as “two or more persons” committing “an unlawful act with force or violence against the person or property of another . . . in a violent and tumultuous manner.” Upon conviction, the defendants would “severally be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months.”
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- Appendix: Account of the Murders of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, between Mid-July and Mid-August 1844 [D&C 135]
- Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus ]
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. Dayley and McMellin
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. J. Hoopes and L. Hoopes and State of Illinois v. J. Hoopes and L. Hoopes on Habeas Corpus
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason
- Introduction to State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A, State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus, State of Illinois v. H. Smith et al. on Habeas Corpus, and State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B
- Letter from Edward Johnstone, 23 June 1844
- Letter from Isaac Morley, 16 June 1844
- Letter from John R. Wakefield, circa 24 June 1844
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844, John McEwan First Copy
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844, John McEwan Second Copy
- Letter from Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844, as Published in Warsaw Signal
- Letter from William Clayton, 26 June 1844
- Letter to Edward Johnstone, 23 June 1844
- Letter to Emma Smith, 23 June 1844
- Letter to Emma Smith, 25 June 1844
- Letter to Henry T. Hugins, 23 June 1844
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 20 June 1844
- Letter to Jesse B. Thomas, 26 June 1844–A
- Letter to Jesse B. Thomas, 26 June 1844–B
- Letter to John R. Wakefield, 23 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 14 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 16 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 22 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 22–23 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 24 June 1844
- Letter to Thomas Ford, 26 June 1844
- Letters from Hugh T. Reid and James W. Woods, 24 June 1844
- Military Order to Hugh McFall, 16 June 1844
- Military Order to Jonathan Dunham, 22 June 1844
- Military Orders, 24 June 1844
- Petition to Nauvoo Municipal Court, 12 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS for Riot on Habeas Corpus ]
- Proclamation, 16 June 1844
- Recognizance, 25 June 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Statement, 17 June 1844
- Trial Report, 19–21 June 1844 [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–B ]
- Warrant, 11 June 1844, William Clayton Copy [ State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A ]
- Warrant, 24 June 1844–A [ State of Illinois v. JS and H. Smith for Treason ]