June 24, 1844

Carthage, Illinois
State v. Hyrum Smith et al.: All seventeen defendants rode to Carthage, finding the town in turmoil.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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