May 10, 1844
Carthage, Illinois
Foster v. Smith: Charles A. Foster filed his declaration, charging Joseph Smith and Joseph W. Coolidge with false imprisonment. Foster allegedly intervened in the attempt by Orrin Porter Rockwell and John P. Greene to arrest Augustine Spencer for breach of peace. A change of venue was granted to the McDonough Circuit Court.
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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