| 294 for if we did there would not be one of them left for final trial; for no sooner would Bogart and his men know who they were than they would put them out of the country.
"As to making any impression on King, if a cohort of angels were to come down and declare we were clear, Doniphan said it would be all the same; for he (King) had determined from the beginning to cast us into prison.
"We never got the privilege of introducing our witnesses at all; if we had, we could have disproved all they swore."-Millennial Star, vol. 16, pp. 539, 556-558, 565.
On November 30 the prisoners were started from Richmond for Liberty, as ordered in the following mittimus:-
"State of Missouri, Ray County.
"To the Keeper of the Jail of Clay County Greeting:-Whereas, Joseph Smith, Jr., Hyrum Smith, Lyman Wight, Alexander McRae, and Caleb Baldwin, as also Sidney Rigdon, have been brought before me, Austin A. King, judge of the fifth judicial circuit in the State of Missouri, and charged with the offense of treason against the State of Missouri, and the said defendants, on their examination before me, being held to answer further to said charge, the said Joseph Smith, Jr., Hyrum Smith, Lyman Wight, Alexander McRae, and Caleb Baldwin to answer in the county of Daviess, and the said Sydney Rigdon to answer further in the county of Caldwell, for said charge of treason, and there being no jail in said counties: These are therefore to command that you receive the said Joseph Smith, Jr., Hyrum Smith, Lyman Wight, Alexander McRae, Caleb Baldwin, and Sidney Rigdon into your custody in the jail of the said county of Clay, there to remain until they be delivered therefrom by due course of law.
"Given under my hand and seal the 29th day of November, 1838.
"Austin A. King.
"State of Missouri, County of Clay.
"I, Samuel Hadley, sheriff of Clay County, do hereby certify
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