Joseph's journal records a visit from Judge Jesse Thomas who advised that holding a third trial before a "jusstice of the peace" would prevent mob violence.

Date: Jun 16, 1844
Type: Personal Journal / Diary
Source: Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay: Direct
Scribed Paraphrase
Reference: "Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844," p. [158], The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed December 13, 2022
Scribe/Publisher: William Clayton
People: William Clayton, Joseph Smith, Jr., Jesse B. Thomas
Audience: N/A
Transcription: Judge [Jesse] Thomas came and advised we go before some Jusstice of the peace— & have an examntion [examination]. and if acquitted or bou[n]d over. would allay all excitement or cut off all legal pretext for a mob— & he would be bou[n]d to <to order th[e]m to> keep th[e] peace.—
Source Link: https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/journal-december-1842-june-1844-book-4-1-march-22-june-1844/160
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