November 28, 1842
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith held a daylong trial at his house concerning the unequal distribution of provisions among the temple workers.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 5:196-97
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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