November 15, 1842

Nauvoo, Illinois
State v. Daniel Brown and Thomas S. Edwards (Nauvoo Mayor's Court): The defendants were charged with felony theft of lumber; execution of the judgment issued by Joseph Smith.
Sources: 
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 
Winter Quarters

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