May 2, 1844

Nauvoo, Illinois
The Nauvoo Municipal Court received notice of appeals from the Nauvoo ­Mayor's court for cases against Augustine Spencer, Chauncy L. Higbee, Robert D. Foster, and Charles Foster.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters,  Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
Winter Quarters

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