May 20, 1842

Nauvoo, Illinois
Robert D. Foster was charged before a special council with abusing the city marshal and Samuel H. Smith. Joseph Smith labored to get Foster clear.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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