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State of Illinois, Dewitt County
The Grand Jurors chosen, selected and sworn in for the county of DeWitt, in the name and by the authority of the people of the State of Illinois, upon their oaths, present that on the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Sixty at the county of DeWitt in the State of Illinois aforesaid, George Gregg then and there not having a legal license to keep a grocery, did unlawfully sell spirituous liquors; by a less quantity than one gallon, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided; and against the peace and dignity of the same people of the State of Illinois.
2d. And the Grand Jurors aforesaid, in the name and by the authority aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further present, that on the day and year last aforesaid, at the county and State aforesaid George Gregg then and there not having a legal license to keep a grocery, did unlawfully sell spirituous liquors; by a less quantity than one gallon, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided; and against the peace and dignity of the same people of the State of Illinois.
3d. And the Grand Jurors aforesaid, in the name and by the authority aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further present, that on the day and year last aforesaid, at the county and State aforesaid George Gregg then and there not having a legal license to keep a grocery, did unlawfully sell spirituous liquors; by a less quantity than one gallon, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided; and against the peace and dignity of the same people of the State of Illinois.
4th. And the Grand Jurors aforesaid, in the name and by the authority aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further present, that on the day and year last aforesaid, at the county and State aforesaid George Gregg then and there not having a legal license to keep a grocery, did unlawfully sell spirituous liquors; by a less quantity than one gallon, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided; and against the peace and dignity of the same people of the State of Illinois.
5th. And the Grand Jurors aforesaid, in the name and by the authority aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further present, that on the day and year last aforesaid, at the county and State aforesaid George Gregg then and there not having a legal license to keep a grocery, did unlawfully sell spirituous liquors; by a less quantity than one gallon, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided; and against the peace and dignity of the same people of the State of Illinois.
Ward H. Lamon
State’s Attorney, 8th J.D.
[Note in pencil written by researcher]
Ward Hill Lamon 1828-1893
Close associate of Abraham Lincoln
Linconl's law psrtner in Danville, Ill. 1852
he accompanied Lincoln to Washington 2-11-61
Marshall of DC 1861-65
Object Description
| Title | Grand Jury indictment of George Gregg, Oct. 1860 |
| Creator | Lamon, Ward Hill, 1828-1893 |
| Description | Illinois Grand Jury indictment of George Gregg for selling spirituous liquors without a license. Signed by Ward H. Lamon, former law partner of Abraham Lincoln. |
| Date | 1860 |
| Subject - LCA |
Lamon, Ward Hill, 1828-1893 Alcoholic beverages 1860-1870 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Grand jury Indictment Court records United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Geographic Terms | DeWitt County (Ill.); Illinois |
| Source | Civil War & Slavery Collection (1-4363) |
| Rights | For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Grand Valley State University Special Collections at collections@gvsu.edu |
| Publisher | Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/jp2 |
| Identifier | CW1-4363 |
| Local collection | Abraham Lincoln, Civil War and Slavery |
