Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth Congress, Part II
Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
My Lord: Referring to my note of the 29th ultimo, applying for the extradition of Samuel Eugene Lackey and others, and to that of the 1st instant, applying for the extradition of William Hutchinson, I have now the honor to inform your lordship that inaccuracies occurred in the former note respecting the names of some of the persons indicated therein, but I have now received a corrected list of the names of the parties and other information, from which it appears that Samuel Eugene Lackey, Squire Turner Travis, Charles Moore Swager, George Scott, Bennett H. Young, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, Dudley Moore, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Marcus Spurr, Alexander Pope Bruce, and William H. Hutchinson are charged with the commission of the crimes of murder, assault with intent to commit murder, and robbery, at St. Albans, in the State of Vermont, within the jurisdiction of the United States; that official complaints have been filed in the proper courts in said State charging them with those offences; that regular warrants for their apprehension have thereupon been issued, duly authenticated copies of which complaints and warrants are attached hereunto. I have, therefore, the honor to request, through your lordship, that her Majesty’s government will, in virtue of the provisions of the tenth article of the treaty of Washington, be pleased to issue the necessary warrants for the delivery of the above-named fugitives, who are now understood to be held in jail at Montreal, in Canada, to any person or persons duly authorized to receive the said fugitives and bring them back to the United States for trial.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, my lord, your obedient servant,
P. S.—I will thank your lordship, at your earliest convenience, to transmit a copy of this note and accompanying papers to the Canadian government.
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State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
To Leonard Gilman, one of the justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, comes Chellis F. Safford, town grand juror of the town of St. Albans, in said county, in his proper person, and, on his oath of office, complaint makes, that Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Travis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, William H. Hutchinson, and. [Page 786] Dudley Moore, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin, not having the peace of God before their eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, on the 19th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1864, at St. Albans aforesaid, in and upon one Elinus J. Morrison, in the peace of God and of the State of Vermont then and there being, did then and there, with force and arms, feloniously, and of their malice aforethought, make an assault; and that the said Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Travis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, William H. Hutchinson, and Dudley Moore, with certain pistols, each of the value of twenty dollars, each loaded and charged with gunpowder and one leaden bullet, one of which said pistols, so loaded and charged aforesaid, they each of them, then and there, had and held in their right hands, to, against, and upon the said Elinus J. Morrison, than and there, feloniously and of their malice aforethought, did shoot and discharge; and that the said Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Travis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, William H. Hutchinson, and Dudley Moore, with the leaden bullets aforesaid, out of the pistols aforesaid, then and there, by the force of the gunpowder, shot and sent forth as aforesaid, the aforesaid Elinus J. Morrison, in and upon the abdomen of him the said Elinus J. Morrison, then and there, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought, did strike, penetrate, and wound, giving to the said Elinus J. Morrison, then and there, with the leaden bullets aforesaid, so as aforesaid shot, discharged, and sent forth, out of the pistols aforesaid, by the said Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Travis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, William H. Hutchinson, and Dudley Moore, in and upon the abdomen of him the said Elinus J. Morrison, one mortal wound, of which said mortal wound the said Elinus J. Morrison, from the said 19th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1864, until the 21st day of the same October, in the year last aforesaid, in St. Albans aforesaid, did languish, and, languishing, did live, and on which said 21st day of October, in the year last aforesaid, the said Ellinus J. Morrison, at St. Albans aforesaid, of the mortal wound aforesaid died; and so the grand juror aforesaid, on his oath aforesaid, says, that the said Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Travis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, William H. Hutchinson, and Dudley Moore, him the said Ellinus J. Morrison, then and there, in manner and form aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought, did kill and murder, contrary to the form, force, and effect of the statute of Vermont in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the said State of Vermont.
And the grand juror aforesaid, in his proper person, and on his oath, further complaint makes, that at St. Albans, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont aforesaid, Bennett H. Young, of St Albans aforesaid, and Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Travis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, James Simpson Gregg, William H. Hutchinson, and Dudley Moore, of St. Albans aforesaid, not having the fear of God before their eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, on the 19th day of October, in the year of our Lord. 1864, with force and arms, at St. Albans aforesaid, in and upon one Elinus J.Morrison [Page 787] , in the peace of God and of the State of Vermont then and there being, Wilfully and feloniously, and of their malice aforethought, did make an assault; and that the said Bennett H. Young a certain pistol, of the value of twenty dollars, then and there loaded, and charged with gunpowder and one leaden bullet, which pistol, by the said Bennett H. Young, in his right hand, then and there, had and held to, against, and upon the said Elinus J. Morrison, then and there, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did shoot and discharge; and that the said Bennett H. Young, with the leaden bullet aforesaid, out of the pistol aforesaid, then and there, by the force of the gunpowder, shot and sent forth, as aforesaid, him the said Elinus J. Morrison, in and upon the abdomen of him, the said Elinus J. Morison, then and there, feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did strike, penetrate, and wound, giving to the said Elinus J. Morrison, then and there, with the leaden bullet aforesaid, so as aforesaid shot and discharged, and sent forth out of the pistol aforesaid, by the said Bennett H. Young, in and upon the abdomen of him the said Elinus J. Morrison, one mortal wound, of the breadth of half an inch, of which said mortal wound the said Elinus J. Morrison, from the said 19th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1864, until the 21st day of the same October, in the year last aforesaid, did languish, and, languishing, did live; on which said 21st day of October, in the year last aforesaid, the same Elinus J. Morrison, at St. Albans aforesaid, of the mortal wound aforesaid, died; and that the aforesaid Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Travis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and William H. Hutchinson, and Dudley Moore, then and there, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought, were present, aiding, helping, and abetting, and comforting, assisting, and maintaining the said Bennett H. Young, the felony and murder aforesaid, in manner and form aforesaid, to do and commit; and so the grand juror aforesaid, upon his oath aforesaid, says, that the said Bennett H. Young, and the said Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Travis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, William H. Hutchinson, and Dudley Moore, him the said Elinus J. Morrison, then and there, in the manner and form aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought, did kill and murder, contrary to the forms, force, and effect of the statute of the State of Vermont in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of said State of Vermont.
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State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
To any sheriff or constable in the State, greeting:
By the authority of the State of Vermont, you are hereby commanded to apprehend the bodies of the said Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bransdon Collins, [Page 788] Squier Turner Teavis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph M. Grorty, Samuel Sipson Gregg, William H. Hutchinson, and Dudley Moore, and them have forthwith before the subscribing authority at the sheriffs office in St. Albans, in said Franklin county, that they may answer to the foregoing complaint, and be further dealt with according to law.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
I, Joseph H. Brainerd, clerk of the county court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont;, which court is a common law court of record, do hereby certify that Leonard Gilman, esquire, was, on the 21st day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and still is, a justice of the peace in and for the county of Franklin aforesaid, duly elected and qualified to act as such magistrate; that the signature to the above certificate purporting to be the signature of said Gilman is the genuine signature of said Gilman, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the official acts of said Gilman.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
I, Asa Owen Aldis, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, one of the judges of the supreme court of the State of Vermont, and chief judge of the county court of the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, hereby certify that Joseph H. Brainerd, whose signature is appended and subscribed to the above certificate, is the clerk of the said county court of the county of aforesaid; that I am well acquainted with and know the signature of the said Franklin Brainerd, and the seal of the said county clerk; that the signature subscribed to the above certificate is the genuine signature of the said Joseph H. Brainerd, and the seal affixed to the said certificate is the seal of the said county court of the county of Franklin aforesaid; that the said court is a common law court of record; that the said Brainerd, as clerk of the said county court, has the custody of the record of all commissions issued to justices of the peace acting within and for the county of Franklin aforesaid.
Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, and Chief Judge of the County Court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Vermont, Executive Department:
I, John Gregory Smith, governor of said State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing document is authenticated according to the laws of said State and of the United States; that the signatures of the respective officers attached to said certificates of authentication are genuine, and that said officers respectively hold and exercise the offices which they in and by said certificates purport to hold and exercise; and that the seal of the county court of the aforesaid county of Franklin thereon is genuine, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to said documents and certificates.
By his excellency the governor.
Attest:
G. W. BAILEY, Secretary of State.
To Leonard Gilman, esq., one of the justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, comes Chellis F. Safford, grand juror within and for the town of St. Albans, in the county aforesaid, and upon his oath of office complaint makes that Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, William H. Hutchinson, Squire Turner Teavis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, of St. Albans, aforesaid, heretofore, to wit, on the nineteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in a bank building then and there situated and known and called by the name of the Franklin County Bank, in and upon one Marcus Wells Beardsley, then and there being cashier of the said Franklin County Bank, then and there being in the peace of God and of the said State, feloniously did make an assault, and him, the said Marcus Wells Beardsley, in great bodily fear and danger of his life in the bank building aforesaid did feloniously put, and one thousand bills, commonly called bank bills issued by the said Franklin County Bank, said bank being an incorporated bank in said State of Vermont and the property of said bank, and of the denomination and value of ten dollars each; ten thousand bills commonly called bank bills, issued by said bank, and the property of said bank, and each of the value and denomination of five dollars; one thousand bills commonly called bank bills, issued by said bank, and the property of said bank, and of the value and denomination of one dollar each; one thousand bills commonly called bank bills, issued by the St. Albans Bank, said bank being an incorporated bank in said State of Vermont, and the property of Franklin County Bank, and of the value and denomination of two dollars each, and one hundred bills or promissory-notes commonly called treasury notes or greenbacks, issued by and under the authority of the United States aforesaid, and each for the sum of five dollars current money of the United States aforesaid; from the person and possession, and against the will of the said Marcus Wells Beardsley, in the said Franklin County Bank, as such cashier as aforesaid, then and there feloniously and violently did rob, take, steal, and carry away, against the peace and dignity of the State of Vermont, and contrary to the form, force, and effect of the statute of the said State in such case made and provided.
Witness:
W. W. Bearbsley, and others.
Franklin County, ss:
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
To any sheriff or constable in the State, greeting:
By the authority of the State of Vermont you are hereby commanded to apprehend the bodies of the within named Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Ronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Teavis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, William H. Hutchinson, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, if to be found within your precinct, or either of them, by whatever name they may be known or called, and them have forthwith before me at the office of the sheriff in St. Albans aforesaid, to make answer to the foregoing complaint, and be further dealt with according to law. Fail not, but due return make.
State of Vermont,
Franklin County, ss:
I, Joseph H. Brainerd, clerk of the county court of the county of Franklin in the State of Vermont, which court is a common law court of record, do hereby certify, that Leonard Gilman, esquire, was, on the twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four and still is, a justice of the peace in and for the said county of Franklin, duly elected and qualified to act as such magistrate; that the signature to the above certificate purporting to be the signature of said Gilman is the genuine signature of said Gilman, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the official acts of said Gilman.
State of Vermont,
Franklin County, ss:
I, Asa Owen Aldis, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, one of the judges of the supreme court of the State of Vermont, and chief judge of the county court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, hereby certify that Joseph H. Brainerd, whose signature is appended to the above certificate, is the clerk of the county court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont; that I am well acquainted with and know the signature of the said Brainerd and the seal of the said court; that the signature subscribed to the above certificate is the genuine signature of the said Brainerd, and the seal affixed to the said certificate is the seal of the said county court; that the said court is a common law court of record; that the said Brainerd, as the clerk of the county court, has the custody of the record of all commissions issued to justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, and is the proper officer by law to certify as to the election, qualification, and authority of justices of the peace acting within and for the said county of Franklin.
Judge of Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, and Chief Judge of County Court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Vermont, Executive Department:
I, John Gregory Smith, governor of the said State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing document is authenticated according to the laws of the said State and of the United States; that the signatures of the respective officers attached to said certificate of authentication are genuine, and that said officers respectively hold and exercise the offices which they in and by said certificates purport to hold and exercise, and that the seal of the county court of the aforesaid county of Franklin thereon is genuine, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to said document and certificates.
By his excellency the governor.
Attest:
G.W.BAILEY, Secretary of State.
State of Vermont,
Franklin County, ss:
To Leonard Gilman, esq, one of the justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, comes Ohellis F. Safford, grand juror of the town of St Albans, in said Franklin county, in his proper person, and on his oath of office complaint makes, that at St. Albans aforesaid, on the 19th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1864, Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squier Turner Travis, William H. Hutchinson, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, [Page 792] not having the fear of God before their eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, with force and arms, feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought, with large pistols, each of the value of $20, then and there loaded and charged with gunpowder and leaden bullets, which said pistols the said Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squier Turner Travis, William H. Hutchinson, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, in their right hands then and there had and held, in and upon one Collins H. Huntington, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin, in the peace of God and of the State of Vermont then and there being, did make an assault with intent him the said Collins H. Huntington then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of their malice aforethought to kill and murder, and other wrongs to the said Collins H. Huntington then and there did, against the peace and dignity of the State of Vermont, and contrary to the form, force, and effect of the statute of said State in such case made and provided. And, the grand juror aforesaid, on his oath aforesaid, further complaint makes, that the said Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squier Turner Travis, William H. Hutchinson, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, at St. Albans, in the county of Franklin, aforesaid, not having the fear of God before their eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil, on the 19th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1864, with foree and arms, at St. Albans aforesaid, did make an assault on and upon Collins H. Huntington, of St. Albans aforesaid, then and there being in the peace of God and the State of Vermont aforesaid, with intent him, the said Collins H. Huntington, then and there to kill and murder, and that the said Bennett H. Young a certain pistol of the value of $20, then and there charged with gunpowder and one leaden bullet, which said pistol he, the said Bennett H. Young, then and there in his right hand had and held, then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did discharge and shoot off, to, against, and upon the said Collins H. Huntington, and that the said Bennett H. Young, with the leaden bullet aforesaid, then and there by the force of the gunpowder aforesaid, by the said Bennett H. Young discharged and shot off as aforesaid, then and there feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, did strike, penetrate, and wound him, the said Collins H. Huntington, in and upon the left side of him the said Collins H. Huntington, so that his life was then and there greatly despaired of, with intent him the said Collins H. Huntington, then and there being in the peace of God and of the State of Vermont aforesaid, then and there to kill and murder, against the peace and dignity of said State of Vermont, and contrary to the form, force, and effect of the statute of said State in such case made and provided.
State of Vermont,
Franklin County, ss:
To any sheriff or constable in the State, greeting:
By the authority of the State of Vermont, you are hereby commanded to arrest the above-named Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squier Tanner Travis, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, [Page 793] George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph Me-. Grorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, of St. Albans, in said Franklin county, and them have forthwith before me at the sheriffs office, in said St. Albans, in said Franklin county, then and there to answer to the foregoing complaint, and be further dealt with according to law. Hereof fail not, but due service and return make according to law.
State of Vermont, Franklin County,ss:
I, Joseph H. Brainerd, clerk of the county court, of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, which court is a common law court of record, do hereby certify that Leonard Gilman, esq., was, on the 20th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1864, and still is, a justice of the peace in and for the county of Franklin aforesaid, duly elected and qualified to act as such magistrate; that the signature to the foregoing certificate, purporting to be the signature of said Gilman, is the genuino signature of said Gilman, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the official acts of said Gilman.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss :
I, Asa Owen Aldis, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin, and State of Vermont, one of the judges of the supreme court of the State of Vermont, and chief judge of the county court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, hereby certify that Joseph H. Brainerd, whose signature is appended to the above certificate, is the clerk of the said county court, of the county of Franklin aforesaid; that I am well acquainted with and know the signature of the said Brainerd, and the seal of the said county court; that the signature attached to the above certificate and thereto subscribed is the genuine signature of the said Joseph H. Brainerd, and the seal affixed to said certificate is the seal of the said county court, of the county of Franklin aforesaid; that the said court is a common law court of record; that the said Brainerd, as clerk of the said county court, has the custody of the record of all commissions issued to justices of the peace within and for said county of Franklin, and is the proper officer, by law, to certify as to the election, qualification, and authority of justices of the peace acting within and for the county of Franklin aforesaid.
Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, and Chief Judge of the County Court of the County of Franklin, in the State of Vermont
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Vermont, Executive Department:
I, John Gregory Smith, governor of said State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing document is authenticated according to the laws of said State and of the United States; that the signatures of the respective officers attached to said certificates of authentication are genuine, and that said officers respectively hold and exercise the offices which they in and by said certificate purport to hold and exercise, and that the seal of the county court of the aforesaid county of Franklin thereon is genuine, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to said document and certificate.
By his excellency the governor.
Attest:
G. W. BAILEY, Secretary of State.
To Leonard Gilman, esq., one of the justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, came Chellis F. Safford, grand juror within and for the town of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, and gives said justice to understand and upon his oath of office complaint makes that Squire Turner Travis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Calob McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, Dudley Moore, William H. Hutchinson, Samuel Eugene Lackey, and Thomas Bronsdon Collins, of St. Albans aforesaid, with force and arms, at St. Albans aforesaid, to wit, on the 19th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1864, in a bank building then and there situate, and being and known and called by the name of the St. Albans Bank, in and upon one Cyrus Newton Bishop, he, the said Bishop, being there and then the teller of said bank—then and there being in the peace of God and the State of Vermont aforesaid—feloniously did make and assault, and him, the said Cyrus Newton Bishop, in bodily fear and danger of his life, in the bank building aforesaid, there and then feloniously did put, and one thousand bills, commonly called bank bills, issued by the St. Albans Bank; said bank being an incorporated bank in the State of Vermont, and the properties of said bank, and of the denomination and value of ten dollars each; one thousand bills, commonly called bank bills, issued by said bank, and of the property of said bank, and each of the denomination and value of twenty dollars; two thousand bills, commonly called bank bills, issued by said bank, and property of said bank, and of the denomination and value of five dollars each; two thousand bills, commonly called bank bills, issued by the said bank, and property of said bank, and of the denomination and value of one dollar each; two thousand bills, commonly called bank bills, issued by said bank, and the property of the said bank, and of the value and denomination of two dollars each; four hundred bills, commonly called bank bills, issued by and the property of said bank, of the denomination and value of fifty dollars each; and five hundred pieces of silver money, commonly called half-dollars, and of the denomination and value of fifty cents each, current money of the United States, and the property of said bank, from the person and possession and against the will of the said Cyrus Newton Bishop, in said bank building, as such teller as aforesaid, then and there feloniously and violently did rob, [Page 795] steal, take, and carry away, contrary to form, force, and effect of statute of said State in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of said State.
Witness:
Cyrus N. Bishop, and others.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
To any sheriff or constable in the State, greeting:
By the authority of the State of Vermont, you are hereby commanded to apprehend the bodies of the said Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Travis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, William H. Hutchinson, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, or either of them, and by whatever name they, or eitner of them, may be called or known, and them have before me, at the office of the sheriff in St. Albans aforesaid, there and then to answer unto the foregoing complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law. Fail not, but due service and return make.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
I, Joseph H. Brainerd, clerk of the county court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, which court is a common law court of record, do hereby certify that Leonard Gilman, esquire, was, on the 20th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1864, and still is, a justice of the peace in and for the said county of Franklin, duly elected and qualified to act as such magistrate; that the signature to the foregoing certificate, purporting to be the signature of the said Gilman, is the genuine signature of said Gilman, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the official acts of said Gilman.
State of Vermont,
Franklin County, ss:
I, Asa Owen Aldis, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, one of the judges of the supreme court of the State of Vermont, and chief judge of the county court of the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, hereby certify that Joseph H. Brainerd, whose signature is appended and subscribed to the above certificate, is the clerk of the said county court of the county of Franklin aforesaid; that I am well acquainted with and know the signature of the said Brainerd, and the seal of the said county court; that the signature subscribed to the above certificate is the genuine signature of the said Joseph H. Brainerd, and the seal affixed to the said certificate is the seal of the said county court of the county of Franklin aforesaid; that the said court is a common law court of record; that the said Brainerd, as clerk of the said county court, has the custody of the record of all commissions issued to justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, and is the proper officer by law to certify as to the election, qualification, and authority of justices of the peace acting within and for the county of Franklin aforesaid.
Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, and Chief Judge of the County Court of the County of Franklin, in the State of Vermont.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Vermont, Executive Department:
I, John Gregory Smith, governor of said State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing document is authenticated according to the laws of said State and of the United States; that the signatures of the respective officers attached to said certificates of authentication are genuine; and that said officers respectively hold and exercise the offices which they, in and by said certificates, purport to hold and exercise; and that the seal of the county court of the aforesaid county of Franklin thereon is genuine, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to said document and certificates.
By his excellency the governor.
Attest:
G. W. BAILEY, Secretary of State.
To Leonard Gilman, esquire, one of the justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, comes Ohellis F. Safford, grand juror for and in the town of St. Albans, in the county aforesaid, and on his oath of office complaint makes that heretofore, to wit, on the nineteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in St. Albans, in the county of Franklin aforesaid, Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, William H. Hutchinson, Squire Turner Teavis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowell Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, all of St. Albans aforesaid, with force and arms, in a barn then and there owned and occupied by William Fuller and Erasmus Darwin Fuller, both of St. Albans, aforesaid, copartners under the name and firm of William & E. D. Fuller, the said barn being then and [Page 797] there, at St. Albans aforesaid, used and occupied by the said firm as and for a livery stable, in and upon the said Erasmus Darwin Fuller, then and there being in the peace of God and State of Vermont, feloniously did make an assault, and him, the said Erasmus Darwin Fuller, in great bodily fear and danger of his life, in the barn aforesaid, then and the refelonioasly did put; and five mares and two geldings, of the value of one thousand dollars, and two saddles, three bridles, five halters, one pair of martingales, one pair of hand reins, and one blanket, of the value of fifty dollars, and all of the proper goods and chattels of the said firm, from the possession and against the will of the said Erasmus Darwin Puller, then and there in the barn and livery stable aforesaid being, then and there feloniously and violently did steal, take, and carry away, contrary to the form, force, and effect of the statute of the State of Vermont in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the said State.
Witness:
Erasmus Darwin Fuller,
Jacob Conklin, and others.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
To any sheriff or constable in the State, greeting:
By the authority of the State of Vermont, you are hereby commanded to apprehend the bodies of the within named William H. Hutchinson, Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Teavis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDonald Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, or either of them, by whatever name they or either of them may be called, if to be found within your precinct, and them have forthwith before me at the sheriffs office, in St. Albans, in the said county, to make answer unto the foregoing complaint, and be further dealt with according to law.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
I, Joseph H. Brainard, clerk of the court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, which court is a common law court of record, do hereby certify [Page 798] that Leonard Gilman, esquire, was, on the twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and still is, a justice of the peace in and for said county of Franklin aforesaid, duly elected and qualified to act as such magistrate; that the signature to the foregoing certificate, purporting to be the signature of said Gilman, is the genuine signature of said Gilman, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the official acts of said Gilman.
State of Vermont,
Franklin County, ss:
I, Asa Owen Aldis, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, and one of the judges of the supreme court of the State of Vermont, and chief judge of the county court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, hereby certify that Joseph H. Brainard, whose signature is appended to the above certificate, is the clerk of the county court of the county of Franklin aforesaid; that I am well acquainted with and know the signature of said Brainard, and the seal of the said county court; that the signature subscribed to the above certificate is the genuine signature of the said Joseph H. Brainard, and the seal affixed to the said certificate is the seal of the said county court of the county of Franklin; that the said court is a common law court of record; that the said Brainard, as the clerk of the said county court, has the custody of the record of all commissions issued to justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, and is the proper officer by law to certify as to the election, qualification, and authority of justices of the peace acting within and for the said county of Franklin.
Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, and Chief Judge of the County Court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Vermont, Executive Department:
I, John Gregory Smith, governor of said State of Vermont, do hereby certifythat the foregoing document is authenticated according to the laws of said St ate and of the United States; that the signatures of the respective officers attached to said certificate of authentication are genuine; and that said officers respectively hold and exercise the offices which they, in and by said certificates, purport to hold and exercise; and that the seal of the county court of the aforesaid county of Franklin thereon is genuine, and that full faith and credit ought to be givento said document and certificates.
By his excellency the governor.
Attest:
G.W.BAILEY, Secretary of State.
To Leonard Gilman, esq., one of the justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, comes Chellis F. Safford, grand juror for and in the town of St. Albans, in the county aforesaid, and on his oath of office complaint makes that heretofore, to wit, on the nineteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, at said St. Albans, in the county aforesaid, Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, William H. Hutchinson, Squire Turner Teavis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb MeDowall Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, of St. Albans aforesaid, with force and arms, in a barn then and there owned and occupied by Erasmus Darwin Fuller, of said St. Albans, and used by him, the said Erasmus Darwin Fuller, as and for a livery stable, in and upon the said Erasmus Darwin Fuller, then and there being in the said barn and livery stable, in the peace of God and of the State of Vermont, feloniously did make an assault, and him, the said Erasmus Darwin Fuller, then and there in the barn and livery stable aforesaid in great bodily fear and danger of his life feloniously did put, and five mares and two geldings of the value of one thousand dollars, and two saddles, three bridles, five halters, one pair martingales, one pair hand reins, and one blanket, of the value of fifty dollars, and all of the proper goods and chattels of the said Erasmus Darwin Fuller, and in the said barn and livery stable then and there being, from the possession and against the will of him, the said Erasmus Darwin Fuller, then and there in the said barn and livery stable being, then and there feloniously and violently did steal, take, and carry away, contrary to form, force, and effect of the statute of the State of Vermont in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State.
CHELLIS F. SAFFORD, Town Grand Juror.Witness:
Erasmus D. Fuller,
Jacob Conklin.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
To any sheriff or constable in the State, greeting:
By the authority of the State of Vermont you are hereby commanded to apprehend the bodies of the within named Samuel Eugene Lackey, Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Teavis, Alexander Pope Bruce, Marcus Spurr, Charles Moore Swager, Bennett H. Young, George Scott, Caleb McDowell Wallace, James Alexander Doty, Joseph McGrorty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, and Dudley Moore, or either of them, by whatsoever name they or either of them may be called, and them have forthwith before me at the sheriff’s office in St. Albans, in the said county, to make answer unto the foregoing complaint, and be further dealt with according to law. Fail not, but due service and return make.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
I, Joseph H. Brainerd, clerk of the county court of the county of Franklin in the State of Vermont, which court is a common law court of record, do hereby certify that Leonard Gilman, esq., was, on the twentieth.day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and still is, a justice of the peace in and for the said county of Franklin, duly elected and qualified to act as such magistrate; that the signature to the above certificate, purporting to be the signature of said Gilman, is the genuine signature of said Gilman, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the official acts of said Gilman.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
I, Asa Owen Aldis, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin, and State of Vermont, one of the judges of the supreme court of the State of Vermont, and chief judge of the county court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, hereby certify that Joseph Brainerd, whose signature is appended to the above certificate, is the clerk of the county court of the county of Franklin aforesaid; that I am well acquainted with and know the signature of the said Brainerd, and the seal of the said county court; that the signature subscribed to the above certificate is the genuine signature of the said Joseph H. Brainerd, and the seal affixed to the said certificate is the seal of the said county court of the county of Franklin; that the said court is a common law court of record; that the said Brainerd, as clerk of the said county court, has the custody of the record of all commissions issued to justices of the peace within and for the said county of Franklin, and the proper officer by law to certify as to the election, qualification, and authority of justices of the peace acting within and for the said county of Franklin.
Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, and Chief Judge of the County Court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Vermont, Executive Department:
I, John Gregory Smith, governor of the said State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing document is authenticated according to the laws-of said State of Vermont and of the United States; that the signature of the respective [Page 801] officers attached to said certificates of authentication are genuine, and that said officers respectively hold and exercise the offices which they in and by said certificates purport to hold and exercise; and that the seal of the county court of the aforesaid county of Franklin thereon is genuine, and that full faith ought to be given to said document and certificates.
By his excellency the governor.
Attest:
G. W. BAILEY, Secretary of State.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
To Leonard Gilman, one of the justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, comes Chellis F. Safford, town grand juror of the town of St. Albans, in his. proper person, and on his oath of office complaint makes that Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Travis, Marcus Spurr, Bennett H. Young, Dudley Moore, Samuel Simpson. Gregg, Joseph MeGrorty, James Alexander Doty,Caleh McDowall Wallace, William H. Hutchinson, George Scott, Charles Moore Swager, Alexander Pope Bruce, Samuel Eugene Lackey, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin, on the nineteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, with force and arms, at St. Albans aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, in the St. Albans bank, in and upon one Samuel Breck, in the peace of God and the State of Vermont then and there being, feloniously did make an assault with certain pistols of the value of twenty dollars each, which they there and then had and held in their right hands, said pistols being loaded with powder and leaden balls, and him, the said Samuel Breck, in bodily fear and danger of his life, in the St. Albans bank aforesaid, then and there feloniously did put; and one United States interest-bearing treasury note of the denomination of ten dollars, and of the value of ten dollars current money of the United States, and one United States interest-bearing treasury note of the value of twenty dollars current money of the United States and of the denomination of twenty dollars, and twenty bank notes of the Franklin County Bank at St. Albans, in the State of Vermont, such bank being an incorporated bank in the State of Vermont, of the denomination of one dollar and of the value of one dollar each, and twenty bank notes of the aforesaid Franklin County Bank of the denomination of two dollars and of the value of two dollars each, and twenty bank notes of the aforesaid Franklin County Bank of the denomination of five dollars and each of the value of five dollars, and twenty one-dollar notes issued by the St. Albans Bank at St. Albans, in the State of Vermont, such bank being an incorporated bank in the State of Vermont, of the denomination of one dollar and of the value of one dollar each, and nine bank notes of the St. Albans Bank aforesaid of the value of ten dollars each and of the denomination of ten dollars, and eighteen bank notes of the St. Albans Bank aforesaid of the denomination of five dollars and of the value of five dollars each, and one bank note of the St. Albans Bank aforesaid of the value of three dollars and of the denomination of three dollars, of the goods, chattels, and moneys of Samuel Breck and Jonathan Wetherbee, junior, then and now a mercantile firm doing business under the name of and style of Breck & Wetherbee, from the person and against the will of the said Samuel Breck, in the St. Albans Bank aforesaid, then and there violently and feloniously did rob, take, steal, and carry away, contrary to the form, force, and effect, of the statute of Vermont in such [Page 802] case made and provided, and against the peace and, dignity of the State of Vermont.
The witnesses to the foregoing complaint are Cyrus N. Bishop, Samuel Breck, and others.
CHELLIS F. SAFFORD, Town Grand Juror.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
To any sheriff or constable in the State, greeting:
By the authority of the State of Vermont, you are hereby commanded to apprehend the bodies of the said Thomas Bronsdon Collins, Squire Turner Teavis, Marcus Spurr, Bennett A, Young, Dudley Moore, Samuel Simpson Gregg; Joseph McGrorty, James Alexander Doty, Caleb McDowell Wallace, William H. Hutchinson, George Scott, Charles Moore Swager, Alexander Pope Bruce, Samuel Eugene Lackey, and them forthwith have before the subscribing authority at the office of Edson and Rand in St. Albans, Vermont, that they may answer to the foregoing complaint, and be further dealt with according to law.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
I, Joseph H. Brainerd, clerk of the county court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, which court is a common law court of record, do hereby certify that Leonard Gilman, esquire, was, on the twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and still is, a justice of the peace in and for said county of Franklin, duly elected and qualified to act as such magistrate; that the signature to the above certificate purporting to be the signature of said Gilman is the genuine signature of said Gilman, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to the official acts of said Gilman.
State of Vermont, Franklin County, ss:
I, Asa Owen Aldis, of St. Albans, in the county of Franklin and State of Vermont, one of the judges of the supreme court of the State of Vermont, and chief judge of the county court of the county of Franklin, in the State of Vermont, hereby certify that Joseph H. Brainerd, whose signature is appended to the above certificate, is the clerk of the said county court of the county of Franklin aforesaid; that I am well acquainted with and know the signature of the said Brainerd, and the seal of the said county court; that the signature sub-ecribed to the above certificate is the genuine signature of the said Joseph H. Brainerd, and the seal affixed to the said certificate is the seal of the said county court of the county of Franklin aforesaid; that the said court is a common law court of record; that the said Brainerd, as the clerk of the county court, has the custody of the record of all commissions issued to justices of the peace within and for the county of Franklin, and is the proper officer by law to certify as to the election, qualification, and authority of justices of the peace acting within and for the county of Franklin aforesaid.
Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont, and Chief Judge of the County Court of the county of Franklin in the State of Vermont.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Vermont, Executive Department:
I, John Gregory Smith, governor of said State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing document is authenticated according to the laws of said State and of the United States; that the signatures of the respective officers attached to said certificates of authentication are genuine, and that said officers respectively hold and exercise the offices which they in and by said certificates purport to hold and exercise, and that the seal of the county court of the aforesaid county of Franklin thereon is genuine, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to said document and certificates.
By his excellency the governor.
Attest:
G. W. BAILEY, Secretary of State.