June 12, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith was arrested by officers from Carthage and charged with riot for the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor, and he went before Justice Aaron Johnson in Nauvoo on a writ of habeas corpus. He was "honorably discharged from the accusations and of the writ."
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:453–58
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