STATE OF MISSOURI, / COUNTY OF RAY, / IN THE CIRCUIT COURT / OF DECEMBER TERM, EIGHTEEN / HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE. RAY COUNTY, TO-WIT: / THE GRAND JURORS FOR THE STATE OF MISSOURI, FOR / THE BODY OF THE COUNTY OF RAY AFORESAID, UP- / ON THEIR OATHS, DO PRESENT, THAT JOHN DEVENPORT / LATE OF SAID COUNTY, / ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF / NOVEMBER EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE WITH / FORCE AND ARMS, ...DID BET A LARGE SUM OF MONEY, TO-WIT: / THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, UPON A GAME OF CHANCE...
NP: np, nd [ca.1839]. Partially printed broadside, measuring 12 x 8 in., completed in manuscript. Signed by William Wood, Circuit Attorney. Docketted on verso. Creased from folding in quarters(as for filing), some shallow tears along edges, not affecting text; bottom quarter of broadside (containing one printed word, and the attorney's signature) had separated from the rest of the broadside, and been carefully reattached. The printing type impressed into the paper, leaving a raised impression on verso. Item #56132
Devenport was accused of playing and betting on a game of chance, using playing cards, "against the form of the Statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State."
Price: $450.00