was driven out by force directed by by the officers and approved by the Legislature of — And that the lands and homes which his people had purchased and improved are now in many cases occupied and enjoyed by the very men who composed the mobs, who dispossessed them,— and he believes that the desire of plunder was one of the inducements which led led to the great wrongs which his people have suffered. And he further says that the recent requisition made upon the of upon which a warrant for his arrest, has been issued, has its origin in the proceedings before recited, in which this deponant, instead of being a “fugitive” from the Justice of , was driven at the point of the bayonett beyond its borders— and that since such expulsion, he has not been within the limits of . Wherefore he prays that, upon examination of the premises, the of will cause the writ by issued by him, to be revoked, and this deponant released from further proceedings in the premises—
Joseph Smith
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of July A. D. 1843—
Given under my hand and Notarial Seal the day and year last written.