Docket Entry, Warrant, Forfeited Recognizance, and Deposition, circa October 1844 [United States v. Jeremiah Smith]

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Docket Entry, Warrant, Forfeited Recognizance, and Deposition, [
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], ca. Oct. 1844, U.S. v. Jeremiah Smith (U.S. Criminal Court of the District of Columbia 1859); U.S. Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, Criminal Docket, vol. 23, Oct. Term 1844, Criminal Appearances, entry 102; unidentified handwriting; Record Group 21, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington DC.

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Criminal Appearances [October Term 1844]
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TEXT: In lieu of page numbers, the recorder organized the docket entries in this volume by category (for example, “Criminal Appearances”) and numbered each individual entry.

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TEXT: Other docket entries separate the headings, located on this page and a previous page, from the United States v. Jeremiah Smith docket entry.

False pretences
Ind[ictmen]t.
A written accusation of a public offense committed by one or more persons, made under oath or affirmation by a grand jury.
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Recognizance
“An obligation of record . . . to do some act required by law,” such as “to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like.” Recognizance is “somewhat like an ordinary bond, the difference being that a bond is the creation of a fresh debt, or obligation de novo...
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— Bench War[ran]t. Novr. Recgce. [recognizance] called & forfeited— Deposi[tio]n. of Jere[mia]h. Smith Jr.
Cap[ia]s.
Latin for “that you take”; a writ or process commanding a sheriff or other officer to take a defendant into legal custody. Each use of this term is adapted to the purposes indicated by additional words used for its designation. When a summons was not the ...
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to Decr. No. 78 Josiah F Polk Saml. Lewis Richd. Smith Saml <Jereh.> Smith Jr recogce. 24 days 871 <1693> miles @ 10 ¢

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Jeremiah Smith
Ca. 1788–after 1860. Miller. Born in Pennsylvania. Married Rhoda Hedges, ca. 20 Feb. 1814. Moved to near Oquawka, Warren Co., Illinois, by 1828; built gristmill and sawmill, ca. 1828. Moved to Des Moines Co., Iowa Territory, ca. 1834. Licensed to establish...
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Docket Entry, Warrant, Forfeited Recognizance, and Deposition, circa October 1844 [United States v. Jeremiah Smith]
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[1]
TEXT: In lieu of page numbers, the recorder organized the docket entries in this volume by category (for example, “Criminal Appearances”) and numbered each individual entry.
[2]
TEXT: Other docket entries separate the headings, located on this page and a previous page, from the United States v. Jeremiah Smith docket entry.