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Joseph Smith/Legal issues/Trials
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Joseph Smith legal issues: Trials
Joseph Smith and legal trials
1826 trial for "glasslooking"
Summary: Joseph Smith was brought to trial in 1826 for "glasslooking." Didn't Hugh Nibley claim that if this trial record existed that it would be "the most damning evidence in existence against Joseph Smith?"Jump to Subtopic:
- Question: What is Joseph Smith's 1826 South Bainbridge "trial" for "glasslooking"?
- Question: What events resulted in Joseph Smith's 1826 court appearance in South Bainbridge?
- Question: Why was Joseph fined if he wasn't found guilty of anything?
- Question: Didn't Hugh Nibley claim that a record of this trial would be "the most damning evidence in existence" against Joseph Smith?
- Question: What did critics of the Church during Joseph Smith's lifetime think of the 1826 court hearing?
- Question: What are the details of Joseph Smith's 1826 "trial" for "glasslooking"
- Question: What happened to Josiah Stowell? Did he conclude he had been defrauded after the court hearing?
- Question: Was Joseph Smith found guilty of being a "con man" in 1826?