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Day in the Life

Mar 11, 1875

Journal Entry

March 11, 1875 ~ Thursday

March 11, 1875 [FIGURES] President Brigham Young
was this day sentenced to pay a fine & be imprisioned in
the Peneitentiary for 24 Hours for contempt of court By
Judge McKean because he had not paid the Lawyiers $3000 in
time as ordered By Judge McKean. President Young was
in court at the time the order was made He was in the Hands
of the Marshall Smith who took him home to Presidents Youngs
Residence & he got dinner, at about 3 oclok He started in his own
carriage in company with Marshall A. K Smith & D. H. Wells
for the Penitentiary G. A. Smith A. M. Musser in one carriag
& F. D. Richards F. Little, Driver & W Woodruff in another

People

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1 mention
Musser, Amos Milton
20 May 1830 - 24 Sep 1909
106 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
31 mentions
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
782 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1376 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
9 mentions

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Sugar House Prison, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Mar 11, 1875