February 11, 1845

Nauvoo, Illinois
People v. John C. Elliott: Arrested in Nauvoo for the murder of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith. Three Nauvoo Justices of the Peace found probable to support the charge, and sent him to the Carthage jail to await the May grand jury.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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