September 30, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith sent the deputy sheriff of Adams County a statement detailing the total costs ($685) from his arrest and trial while in the sheriff's custody.
Sources:
History of the Church Joseph Smith, 4:419-20
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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