William Clayton records Joseph presiding in the Nauvoo Municipal Court, where the men accused of "inciting a riot" over the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor were "tried. . .& set free".
- Type
- Personal Journal / Diary
- Hearsay
- HolographDirect
- Reference
"Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844," p. [155], The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed December 12, 2022
- People
- W. W. Phelps, Jonathan Harriman Holmes, Hyrum Smith, Jonathan Dunham, Levi Richards, Francis Higbee, William Clayton, Samuel C. Bennett, Dimick B. Huntington DELETED, John Taylor, John Lytle, Thomas Morrison, Stephen Markham, David H. Redfield, John P. Greene DELETED, Stephen Chadwick Perry, William Holliday Edwards
- Audience
- N/A
- Transcription
Thursday June 13th— 1844. 9 A M. Presided in Munic[i]pal Court. <at 70s Hall—> Hyrum Smith J. P. Green [John P. Greene] W[illiam] W Phelps. Stephen Markham H. D. [David Harvey] Redfield. John Lytle. D[imick] B. Huntington. John Taylor Levi Richa[r]ds. Steph[e]n Perry J[onathan] H Holmes J[onathan] Dunham. S[amuel] Bennett. W. H Edwds [William H. Edwards]. were arrested. on compl[a]int of F[rancis] M. Higbee— before— [Thomas] Morrison J. P. [justice of the peace]— of carthage.— By David Bettiswo[r]th. Con[stable] Hancck cunty [Hancock County].— they ob[t]ained a Habus [habeas] corpus— wer tried for a riot for bu[r]ning the Nauvoo Expos[i]tor. & set freee by mun[i]cipal cou[r]t. see Docket.
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