December 29, 1843
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith pronounced a blessing on the Nauvoo Police and offered to pay twice the amount of any bribe offered to them for information about the briber.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:149-53
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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