December 7, 1842

Carthage, Illinois
City of Nauvoo v. Hunter: Sheriff William Backenstos served an injunction to Constable Dimick Huntington and Nauvoo Municipal Court clerk James Sloan, requesting suspension of the case. Thomas Hunter and surety Harmon Wilson filed an appeal bond for $100.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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