Item Detail
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English
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Being Acquitted of a 'Disorderly Person' Charge in 1826
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Sustaining the Law : Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters
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Provo, UT
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BYU Studies
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71-92
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Was Joseph Smith Jr. ever convicted of a crime? With one exception, historians agree that the Prophet was cleared or never convicted in all cases in which criminal charges were laid against him. That one exception, a "disorderly person" charge made when Joseph was twenty years old, has been shrouded by partial and unclear documentation. [From the text]
This updated article was originally published as "Joseph Smith's 1826 Trial: The Legal Setting," BYU Studies 30, no. 2 (1990): 91-108.