Indictment, circa 10 April 1839, Copy [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason]
Source Note
Indictment, [Honey Creek Township], Daviess Co., MO, [ca. 10 Apr. 1839], State of MO v. Gates et al. for Treason (Boone Co., MO, Circuit Court 1840). Copied 20 April 1839; handwriting of ; certified by , 20 Apr. 1839; docket and notations by , [Honey Creek Township, Daviess Co., MO], [ca. 10 Apr. 1839]; notation by , [Columbia, Boone Co., MO], 12 July 1839; twelve pages; document destroyed. Photocopy at State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. Includes seal.
and did then and there agree amongst themselves and together with divers other false Traitors whose names are to the said Jurors unknown Wickedly and Traitorously to Subvert and alter and cause to be subverted and altered the Laws, Legislature, Rule and Government of our said Now duly and happily Established, in this did meet and convene and collect together a large armed force, and then and there did levy war against our said , and did then and there levy war against the People of this , Against the Allegiance of the said Defendants, against the form of of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace and Dignity of the —
Circuit Attorney
State of Missouri)
SS [scilicet]
County of )
I Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County of aforesaid do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a True full and Perfect Copy of the original Indictments against the Persons therein named now on file in my office—
[seal]
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal [p. 10]