June 30, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois
Ex parte Joseph Smith (Nauvoo Municipal Court): After a hearing on the return of habeas corpus pertaining to Joseph Smith's arrest on the Missouri charge of treason, the Nauvoo Municipal court ordered Smith be discharged "for want of substance in the warrant ... as well as upon the merits of the case."
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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