June 13, 1844

Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith presided over the Nauvoo Municipal Court and discharged all of the other sixteen defendants in the Nauvoo Expositor matter.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:460–61
LDS Church Archives, Joseph Smith Legal Papers series 
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