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half an such of which said mortal wound the said Joshua Harbin
then and there instantly died, and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath.
do say that the said Robert Slaughter the said Joshua Harbin in
manner and form aforesaid feloniously, wilfully + of his malice aforethought
did Kill and murder against the peace and dignity of the United States and
this their Territory
Danl. Tymmes Atty Gen^l.
pro: tem: pore

A true bill

James Johnson foreman

I Henry Hurst Clerk of the General Court of the
Indiana Territory, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of
an Indictment (as the same remains of Reason my office found against
Robert Slaughter at a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail
[Delivery?] and vice [illegible] helo at [illegible] for the County of Knox
before the Honorable John Cleves Symmes Esquire and Henry VanderBurgh
and Robert Buntin his associates Justices on the second day of October
in the year of our Lord One Thousand such hundred and ninety eight
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
here and affixed the seal of the said General Court
this eighteenth day of August, One thousand
eight hundred and three, and of the Independece
of the United States the twenty eight.
Hel Hurst Clk Gl

By the Governor of the Indiana Territory
The above is an authentic document
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