H. T. Reid recounts the postponement of the trial concerning "inciting a riot" and collection of recognizances by Robert F. Smith, justice of the peace.
Hugh T. Reid, "Statement of Facts", Times and Seasons 5, no. 12 (July 1, 1844): 562
On Tuesday afternoon the two Smiths and other persons on the charge of riot, appeared before R. F. Smith, a justice of the peace, residing at Carthage, and by advice of counsel, in order to prevent if possible, any increase of excitement, voluntarily entered into recognizance in the sum of five hundred dollars each with unexceptionable security, for their appearance at the next term of the circuit court for said county. The whole number of persons recognized is fifteen, most if not all of them leading men in the Mormon church.