The Ohio Repository reports on Joseph being acquitted of ordering the murder of Grandison Newell.

Date
Jun 22, 1837
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
The Ohio Repository
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Journalism
Reference

Ohio Repository (Canton) (June 22, 1837): 3, Joseph Smith Papers newspaper research files, 1977-2011, CR 100 1051, Church History Library

Scribe/Publisher
The Ohio Repository
People
Joseph Smith, Jr., Grandison Newell, The Ohio Repository
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

Joe Smith, the Mormon Prophet, was lately apprehended on a charge of employing two of his followers to kill a certain Grandison Newell, a rebellious subject. On examination, however, the fact was not proven, and he was released.

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