May 23, 1842

Nauvoo, Illinois
Nauvoo City Resolution: Created the office of coroner and appointed Samuel H. Smith as such.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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