April 4, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois
State of Illinois v. Jonathan Hoopes and Lewis Hoopes: Joseph Smith sat with several brethren in the municipal court on a writ of habeas corpus and discharged Jonathan and Lewis Hoopes.
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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