Recognizance, 25 June 1844–B [State of Illinois v. JS et al. for Riot–A]
Source Note
, Recognizance, [], Hancock Co., IL, to “the people of the State of ,” 25 June 1844, State of IL v. JS et al. for Riot–A (Hancock Co., IL, Justice of the Peace Court 1844); handwriting of ; signatures of and ; certified by Robert Smith; one page; photocopy at Utah State Historical Society. Includes seals.
Be it Remembered that on the 25th day of June 1844 as principal and as surety personally appeared before me Robert F. Smith, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the aforesaid, and jointly and severally acknowledged themselves to owe the people of the State of the sum of five hundred dollars, to be levied of their goods and chattels, lands and tenements, if default be made in the conditions followi[n]g to wit:
The condition of this recognizance is such, that if the above bound shall personally be and appear before the circuit Court on the first day of the term thereof, next to be holden in & for the aforesaid then & there to answer a charge of Riot, & abide the judgment of the Court & not depart without leave; then this recognizance to be void; otherwise, it shall be & remain in full force & virtue in law
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Taken & acknowledged before me on the day & year above written
Robt F Smith JP LS [remainder of page blank] [p. [1]]
TEXT: Nine instances of “L. S” (locus sigilli, Latin for “location of the seal”) along the right side of the page are enclosed in hand-drawn representations of seals. A tenth instance is not enclosed.