About December 1842

Nauvoo, Illinois
Dana v. Brink: Joseph Smith sat as a judge (Nauvoo Mayor's Court) in the case that charged William B. Brink with committing malpractice while delivering Charles A. Dana's wife's baby.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
Winter Quarters

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