June 5, 1841
Bear Creek, Illinois
Joseph Smith was arrested in Bear Creek, Illinois, on a warrant from Thomas Carlin, governor of Illinois, and was charged as a fugitive from justice. Joseph returned to Quincy and obtained a writ of habeas corpus.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 4:365
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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