In the Woodford County Circuit Court, Lincoln and Henry Grove file a plea for defendants Armstrong Goings and Samuel W. Beck in the case of People v. Goings and Beck. Goings and Beck are on trial for allegedly failing to bring before the Court Melissa Goings, whom the state is trying for murder in the related case of People v. Goings. Plea (copy), filed 30 March 1858, People v. Goings and Beck, copy files, IHi, Springfield, IL; Writ of Scire Facias, 1 January 1858, People v. Goings and Beck, Woodford County Circuit Court, Woodford County Courthouse, Eureka, IL.