September 9, 1842

Nauvoo, Illinois
Nauvoo City Ordinance: Allowed the Municipal Court to make returnable forthwith any writs of habeas corpus that it had issued.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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