August 14, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith heard multiple reports that sheriffs, officers, and a militia were on their way to take him captive. In a letter to Wilson Law, Joseph Smith wrote that the proceedings against him were "a farce . . . gotten up unlawfully and unconstitutionally . . . by a mob spirit."
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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