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54 case(s) found in 1844
| Case No: 83 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-01-04 Incident Date: 1843-07-20 | ||||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $150.00 | ||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: On 12/16/1843, Ds are appealing judgement for P for $48.11. | ||||
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| Case No: 1206 | |||
| File Date: 1844-01-18 | |||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Trespass assault, Dollar Amount: $100.00 | |||
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Issue: Threatened assault/recognizance Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||
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Memo: D threatened Hugh Cowin. Cowin was apprehended and let out on his own recognizance. | |||
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| Case No: 1253 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-01-22 Incident Date: 1843-05-24 | ||||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Grand Jury Indictment, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | ||||
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Issue: Gaming Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | ||||
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Memo: Ds indicted for playing cards and betting 37 and one half cents. | ||||
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| Case No: 1257 | |||
| File Date: 1844-01-22 Incident Date: 1842-12-01 | |||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Grand Jury Indictment, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | |||
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Issue: Compound felony Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||
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Memo: On 12/1/1842, D took iron clevis, value of $1.00 from Benjamin Wright. 10/1/ 1843, D stole ten dollars in cash and ten dollars in goods, also from Benjamin Wright. D was not found in Coles County as of 5/20/1844. | |||
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| Case No: 1103 | |||
| File Date: 1844-02-09 Incident Date: 1843-09-01 | |||
| Location: Cumberland County, IL, Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $150.00 | |||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||
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Memo: D appealed his conviction of selling liquor without a license in Cumberland County on the following dates: 1/27/1844 for $60.00 and $9.00 cost of suit; 2/24/1844 for $20.00 and cost of suit; 3/14/1844 for $20.00 and cost of suit; 6/4/1844 for $50.00 and $7.00 cost of suit. D filed all 4 appeals in Cumberland County, D filed a change of venue on the October term of 1844. | |||
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| Case No: 1326 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-02-26 Incident Date: 1844-02-25 | ||||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Grand Jury Indictment, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | ||||
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Issue: Unlawful assemblage & disturbing the peace Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | ||||
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Memo: John W. Fuqua says that he was beaten and assaulted on the head with a club by Ds. | ||||
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| Case No: 208 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-03-02 Incident Date: 1844-02-17 | |||||
| Case Type: Appeal, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | |||||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||||
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Memo: D is appealing judgement for P for $9.34. Ds do business under the name of B Monroe & Eastin & Co. | |||||
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| Case No: 258 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-03-02 Incident Date: 1844-02-17 | ||||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $50.00 | ||||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: D is appealing judgement for P for $9.00. | ||||
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| Case No: 1102 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-03-04 Incident Date: 1844-01-01 | ||||
| Location: Edgar County, IL, Case Type: Trespass with force and arms, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | ||||
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Issue: Lloss of possessions Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | ||||
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Memo: Ds were indicted in Edgar County for a riot, where they entered and with force took Bee Guns and other property belonging to and at the home of John McDonald. A change of venue was granted to Coles County in the October term of 1844. See also file #1199. | ||||
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| Case No: 181 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-03-07 Incident Date: 1840-03-30 | ||||
| Case Type: Assumpsit, Dollar Amount: $350.00 | ||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: Ds signed promissory note for $75.65. Ps are alleging that Ds in addition to, signed another note for $100.00 plus interest. The file contains the promissory note and a copy of the second note for $100.00 but the signatures do not match the first note. | ||||
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| Case No: 1268 | ||||||
| File Date: 1844-03-10 | ||||||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Grand Jury Indictment, Dollar Amount: $100.00 | ||||||
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Issue: Riot Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | ||||||
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| Case No: 224 | |||
| File Date: 1844-03-23 Incident Date: 1844-02-19 | |||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $25.00 | |||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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Memo: P is appealing judgement for D for $3.93. | |||
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| Case No: 189 | |||
| File Date: 1844-03-29 Incident Date: 1842-04-30 | |||
| Location: #12 Township, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $125.00 | |||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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Memo: On 10/14/1843, D is appealing judgement for P for $71. #12 Township NR 14W. | |||
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| Case No: 3 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-04-04 Incident Date: 1841-09-07 | |||||
| Case Type: Assumpsit, Dollar Amount: $250.00 | |||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. b | |||||
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| Case No: 185 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-04-12 Incident Date: 1844-03-30 | ||||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $40.00 | ||||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: D is appealing judgement for P for $6.00. | ||||
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| Case No: 245 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-04-13 | |||||
| Dollar Amount: $67.00 | |||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||||
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| Case No: 2 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-05-01 Incident Date: 1844-04-22 Settlement Date: 1844-05-23 | ||||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $50.00 | ||||
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Issue: Debt Outcome: Paid in alcohol. Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. a | ||||
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| Case No: 118 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-05-01 Incident Date: 1844-04-29 | |||||
| Dollar Amount: $200.00 | |||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||||
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Memo: Nathan Ellington is both the administrator of the estate of Thomas O. Roberts and the court clerk. | |||||
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| Case No: 122 | ||||||
| File Date: 1844-05-01 Incident Date: 1842-05-23 | ||||||
| Case Type: Trespass on the case, Dollar Amount: $150.00 | ||||||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||||
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Memo: This case originally concerns a promissory note written by D to the firm of Monroe & Eastin and which was subsequently endorsed over to P's. | ||||||
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| Case No: 1272 | |||
| File Date: 1844-05-01 Incident Date: 1844-01-01 | |||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Grand Jury Indictment, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | |||
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Issue: Larceny Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||
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Memo: D entered the house of D and stole $50.00 of goods and chattles. | |||
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| Case No: 1275 | |||
| File Date: 1844-05-01 | |||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Grand Jury Indictment, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | |||
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Issue: Riot Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||
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Memo: D indicted for riot and assault and beating of Edward Wheat. | |||
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| Case No: 1300 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-05-01 | ||||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Grand Jury Indictment, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | ||||
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Issue: Gaming Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | ||||
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Memo: Jepe Brackin, John Owens, William Harr, J.M. Eastin, Thomas W. Hallock, John W. Duffield, are all listed with Ds. | ||||
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| Case No: 209 | |||
| File Date: 1844-05-02 Incident Date: 1837-01-01 | |||
| Dollar Amount: $100.00 | |||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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Memo: Summons document states D owes P $250, total; Declaration states P is suing for $100. | |||
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| Case No: 120 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-05-03 | ||||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Dollar Amount: $599.00 | ||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: The nature of the debt is not certain. The IOU which the Ds signed states that the debt concerns the "use of the inhabitants of Coles Co. | ||||
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| Case No: 170 | ||||||
| File Date: 1844-05-06 Incident Date: 1834-11-26 | ||||||
| Case Type: Debt on administrator's bond, Dollar Amount: $150.00 | ||||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||||
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Memo: The two other P's are executors of the estate of James Mitchell. The D died and the exector P's are suing to recover on a debt of the D that he did not pay before he died and they want to recover the debt from the D's son Hezikiah L. Balch. | ||||||
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| Case No: 187 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-05-06 Incident Date: 1843-08-03 | |||||
| Case Type: Trespass on the case, Dollar Amount: $250.00 | |||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||||
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Memo: Ellington and John Mitchell are administrators for the estate of Jonas Mitchell. Original promissory note $169.00 at 12% interest. Debt was to be paid to Ezra Barker and Harrison R. Norfolk of the firm Barker and Norfolk. | |||||
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| Case No: 259 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-05-06 Incident Date: 1841-12-03 | |||||
| Dollar Amount: $679.00 | |||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||||
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| Case No: 115 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-05-08 Incident Date: 1844-01-01 | ||||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Writ of attachment, Dollar Amount: $59.00 | ||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: Ps do business under the name of Mowat & Alexander. | ||||
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| Case No: 260 | |||
| File Date: 1844-05-09 Incident Date: 1843-05-01 | |||
| Case Type: Trespass on the case, Dollar Amount: $2,000.00 | |||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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Memo: P is suing because D impregnated Ps daughter depriving P of her services. | |||
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| Case No: 188 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-05-22 Incident Date: 1844-05-04 | |||||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $120.00 | |||||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||||
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Memo: D is appealing judgement for P for $65. | |||||
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| Case No: 1306 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-05-23 Incident Date: 1843-10-20 | |||||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Petition, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | |||||
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Issue: Dispersment of estate Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||||
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Memo: John Vandike is the administrator of the estate of Simon Robinson, deseased. As of 10/20/1843, the estate of the deceased showed a deficit of $402.28. The deceaseds' property was sold at auction to the highest bidder, leaving left 5 minor children under the guardianship of Albert Compton. | |||||
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| Case No: 117 | |||
| File Date: 1844-07-05 Incident Date: 1844-06-15 | |||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $120.00 | |||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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Memo: D is appealing judgement for P for $57.00. | |||
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| Case No: 1256 | ||||||
| File Date: 1844-07-24 | ||||||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Bond, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | ||||||
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Issue: Change court date Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | ||||||
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Memo: Ds have requested to continue their court date, they owe the State of Illinois $200.00, until the first day of the next term. | ||||||
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| Case No: 1308 | |||
| File Date: 1844-07-25 Incident Date: 1844-07-25 | |||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Assault, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | |||
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Issue: Grand jury indictm. assault with intent to kill Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||
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Memo: D is accused of attempting to kill Lewis Haines. | |||
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| Case No: 169 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-07-31 Incident Date: 1844-04-26 | ||||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $50.00 | ||||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: On 7/12/1844, D is appealing judgement for P for $12.60. | ||||
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| Case No: 1205 | |||
| File Date: 1844-08-09 | |||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Assault, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | |||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||
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| Case No: 84 | |||
| File Date: 1844-08-27 Incident Date: 1844-08-17 | |||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $50.00 | |||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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Memo: D is appealing judgement for P for $23.00. | |||
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| Case No: 182 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-08-27 Incident Date: 1844-08-10 | ||||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $75.00 | ||||
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Issue: Unpaid rent in lieu of crops Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: D is appealing judgement for P for $16. | ||||
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| Case No: 73 | |||
| File Date: 1844-08-31 Settlement Date: 1844-09-17 | |||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Trespass on the case, Dollar Amount: $1,000.00 | |||
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Outcome: The case was dismissed by both parties. Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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Memo: P is suing the D for having "pursuaded the wife of deponent Elizabeth Vanmeter away from the deponent's bed and board. | |||
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| Case No: 1307 | |||
| File Date: 1844-09-04 Incident Date: 1844-03-01 | |||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Grand Jury Indictment, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | |||
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Issue: Failure to repair road Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||
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Memo: D did not keep the roads in good repair for a specific patch of road for a four months period. | |||
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| Case No: 193 | |||
| File Date: 1844-10-01 Incident Date: 1844-08-27 | |||
| Case Type: Trespass on the case, Dollar Amount: $1,000.00 | |||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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| Case No: 257 | |||
| File Date: 1844-10-01 Incident Date: 1844-09-11 | |||
| Location: #15 Township, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Ejectment, Dollar Amount: $200.00 | |||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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Memo: D entered Ps land with force and arms. #15 Township NR 10E. | |||
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| Case No: 256 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-10-07 Incident Date: 1841-11-01 | ||||
| Dollar Amount: $326.00 | ||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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| Case No: 168 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-10-10 Incident Date: 1844-08-15 | ||||
| Case Type: Trespass on the case, Dollar Amount: $5,000.00 | ||||
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Issue: Slander Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: This case involves another court case in which the D was suing William Patton. During the trial before JP Ashmore the D claimed that Elizabeth Sargent had sworn to a lie. | ||||
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| Case No: 1199 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-10-10 | |||||
| Location: Edgar County, IL, Case Type: Grand Jury Indictment, Dollar Amount: $50.00 | |||||
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Issue: Failure to appear Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||||
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Memo: Ds failed to appear in Coles County and were found in Edgar County to answer why they did not obey summons. See 1102. | |||||
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| Case No: 1216 | |||
| File Date: 1844-10-21 | |||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Assault, Dollar Amount: $175.00 | |||
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Issue: Assault with intent to kill Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | |||
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Memo: No Declaration. | |||
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| Case No: 186 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-10-22 Incident Date: 1842-06-18 | ||||
| Case Type: Assumpsit, Dollar Amount: $200.00 | ||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: Ps do business under the name of Cassidy and Ranny. Marked Assumpsit on file. Original promissory note for $50.55 plus interest of $30.75 for the agreed upon term of loan of 4 months. | ||||
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| Case No: 183 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-10-25 Incident Date: 1842-02-19 | |||||
| Case Type: Assumpsit, Dollar Amount: $200.00 | |||||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||||
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Memo: Ps do business under the name of Piatt Buelkin & Co. Original promissory note dated 2/19/1842 for $129.00 at 6% interest. | |||||
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| Case No: 184 | |||||
| File Date: 1844-10-25 Incident Date: 1842-02-19 | |||||
| Case Type: Debt, Dollar Amount: $200.00 | |||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||||
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Memo: Ps go by the name Neff & Co. Original promissory note was for $243.00, with $28.88 of interest. | |||||
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| Case No: 231 | |||
| File Date: 1844-10-25 Incident Date: 1843-02-19 | |||
| Case Type: Assumpsit, Dollar Amount: $500.00 | |||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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| Case No: 194 | |||
| File Date: 1844-10-26 Incident Date: 1844-08-30 | |||
| Location: Shawneetown, Gallatin County, IL?, Case Type: Garnishment, Dollar Amount: $300.00 | |||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | |||
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| Case No: 191 | ||||||
| File Date: 1844-11-16 Incident Date: 1844-11-16 | ||||||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $50.00 | ||||||
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Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||||
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Memo: D is appealing judgement for Ps for $2.81. Ps do business under the name Monroe Chambers & Co. | ||||||
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| Case No: 167 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-11-26 Incident Date: 1844-09-30 | ||||
| Case Type: Appeal bond, Dollar Amount: $100.00 | ||||
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Issue: Debt Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/A/1 | ||||
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Memo: On 11/22/1844, Ds are appealing judgement for P for $40.41. | ||||
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| Case No: 1332 | ||||
| File Date: 1844-12-16 | ||||
| Location: Charleston, Coles County, IL, Case Type: Grand Jury Indictment, Dollar Amount: $0.00 | ||||
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Issue: Betting on election Source: Booth Library, IRAD, Box No. 2/D/1 | ||||
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Memo: Ds are to appear for betting on an election. | ||||
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