Indictment, 1859.

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Indictment, 1859.

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Handwritten indictment for the Territory of Utah, Great Salt Lake County, United States Third District Court. The inditement was made against Thomas H. Ferguson for the Sept. 1859 murder of Alexander Carpenter. The item was signed by Hosea Stout, Deputy U.S. District Attorney for Utah Territory.

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Ferguson, Thomas H.

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Carpenter, Alexander

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Stout, Hosea, 1810-1889

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Hosea Stout, one of the most prolific Mormon diarists, was born on September 18, 1810, in Mercer County, Kentucky. He attended a Shaker school from 1814-1818 before his family moved to Ohio and later Indiana. While living in Illinois in 1832 Stout heard the preaching of Charles C. Rich and became interested in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1837 he moved to Caldwell County, Missouri, and was baptized into the Mormon Church in 1838. That same year he married Surmantha Pack, s...

Utah. District Court (3rd District)

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Man charged with killing an Indian in Idaho. From the guide to the William R. Albright indictments, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Utah District Court was established to provide for the distribution of justice to the people of the district and to help keep the domestic peace. Under authority granted by the United States Congress through sections nine and sixteen of the Organic Act to Establish a Territorial Government for Utah (approved Sep...