Trial of Joseph Smith, Jr.
On 11 August 1838, the Council formally convened for the first time to consider charges made by Sylvester Smith against Joseph Smith, Jr. after the return of Zion's Camp. Bishop Newel K. Whitney presided at the Council, with John P. Greene, John Smith, Reynolds Cahoon, Isaac Hill, Samuel H. Smith, Isaac Story, Amasa Lyman Peter Shirts, Truman Wait, Roswell Evans, Alpheus Cutler, and Thomas Burdick acting as the twelve high priests; Oliver Cowdery and Orson Hyde also participated as clerks to the Council, and Sidney Rigdon participated as a member of the First Presidency. The Council determined that Joseph Smith had "acted in every respect in an honorable and proper manner with all monies and properties entrusted to his charge."
Joseph Smith, Jr. is the only president of the church to have been tried before the Common Council.
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