State of Illinois) ss. [scilicet]

Hancock County)

The people of the State of Illinois to any <​all​> Constable<​s​> <​Sheriffs and Coroners​> of said County <​State​> Greeting:

Whereas complaint hath been made before me, one of the justices of the peace, within & for the County of Hancock aforesaid, upon the oath of Francis M. Higbee of said County, that Joseph Smith, Samuel Bennett, John Taylor, William W. Phelps, Hyrum Smith, John P. Green[e], Stephen Perry, Dimmick [Dimick] B. Huntington, Jonathan Dunham, Stephen Markham, William [H.] Edwards, Jonathan Holm[e]s, Jesse P. Harmon, John Lytle, Joseph W. Coolidge, Harvey D. Redfield, [Orrin] Porter Rockwell, and Levi Richards, of said County, did on the tenth day of June instant, commit a riot, at & within the County aforesaid, wherein they with force &violence broke into the printing office of the Nauvoo Expositor, and unlawfully & with force burned & destroyed the printing press, type & fixtures of the same, being the property of William Law, Wilson Law, Charles Ivins, Francis M. Higbee, Chauncey L. Higbee, Robert D Foster and Charles A. Foster,

These are therefore to command you, forthwith to apprehend the said Joseph Smith, Samuel Bennett, John Taylor, William W. Phelps, Hyrum Smith, John P. Green, Stephen Perry, Dimmick B. Huntington, Jonathan Dunham, Stephen Markham, William Edwards, Jonathan Holms, Jesse P. Harmon, John Lytle, Jesse [Joseph] W Coolidge, Harvey D. Redfield, Porter Rockwell, and Levi Richards, and bring them before me or some other justice of the Peace, to answer the premises, and further to be dealt with according to law.

Given under my hand and seal at Carthage, in the County aforesaid, this eleventh day of June AD 1844.

Thomas Morrison JP Seal