| 623 authorized to receive and convey him to the State and county aforesaid, there to be dealt with according to law.
"'LILBURN W. BOGGS.
"'Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 20th day of July, 1842.
"'SAMUEL WESTON, J. P.'
"'The Governor of the State of Missouri, to the Governor of the State of Illinois; Greeting:-
"'Whereas it appears by the annexed document, which is hereby certified to be authentic, that one Joseph Smith is a fugitive from justice, charged with being accessory before the fact to an assault with intent to kill, made by one O. P. Rockwell, on Lilburn W. Boggs, in this State, and it is represented to the executive department of this State, has fled to the State of Illinois:
"'Now, therefore, I, Thomas Reynolds, Governor of the said State of Missouri, by virtue of the authority in me vested by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do by these presents demand the surrender and delivery of the said Joseph Smith to Edward R. Ford, who is hereby appointed as the agent to receive the said Joseph Smith on the part of the State.
"'In testimony,' etc.
"'The people of the State of Illinois, to the Sheriff of Sangamon County; Greeting:-
"'Whereas, it has been made known to me by the executive authority of the State of Missouri that one Joseph Smith stands charged by the affidavit of one Lilburn W. Boggs, made on the 20th day of July, 1842, at the county of Jackson, in the State of Missouri, before Samuel Weston, a justice of the peace within and for the county of Jackson aforesaid, with being accessory before the fact to an assault with an intent to kill, made by one O. P. Rockwell on Lilburn W. Boggs, on the night of the 6th day of May, 1842, at the county of Jackson, in said State of Missouri, and that the said Joseph Smith had fled from the justice of said State and taken refuge in the State of Illinois;-
"'Now therefore, I, Thomas Ford, Governor of the State of Illinois, pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the
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