April 9, 1839

Gallatin, Missouri
Joseph Smith's trial commenced before a drunken grand jury and judge.
Sources: 
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 3:309-10
Joseph Smith History C1:914 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
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