May 24, 1842
Carthage, Illinois
State v. Higbee: In an action brought by Joseph Smith before Justice of the Peace Ebenezer Robinson, Chauncy L. Higbee was charged with slandering and defaming the character of Joseph Smith.
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Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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