May 7, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois
During a mock battle of the Nauvoo Legion, John C. Bennett asked Joseph Smith to take a station in the rear of the cavalry without his guards. Joseph Smith felt Bennett may have been plotting to kill him.
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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