December 12–13, 1840
Nauvoo, Illinois
Nauvoo High Council: Joseph Smith presided at the ecclesiastical trial of Dr. Robert D. Foster for "slandering the authorities of the Church, profane swearing, etc." Evidences were heard most of this day and all of the next.
Sources:
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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