while ours was not & I thank God Almighty for
it & I will not be rode down to Hell by the
Missourians any longer, & it is my privilege to
speak in my own defence & appeal to your honor [FIGURES]

After this interesting & decisive address was deliverd
in the presence of about seven or eight thousand the
multitude dispersed & went to their homes

July 1, 1843 ~ Saturday

July 1^st 1843 The Municipal Court opened at
8 oclock AM President Joseph Smith made
some remarks to the lawyiers his council, As he was
a prisioner before the court. President Joseph Smith
then called upon Hiram Smith, Brigham Young
P P Pratt Lyman Wight & Sidney Rigdon who
were duly sworn & gave in their testimony, which
occupied most of the day they went through the
whole scene of the persecution from Jackson
County to the time of their expulsion from the
state by force of Armes & it was certainly
the most heart rending scene or rehearsal of it that
ever saluted the ears of any tribunal in a cifilized
government it would have disgraced an arab or
Hotentot, not ownly theft, Arson, Burgalry, prisons
chains, expelsion rape & Murder were practiced
upon the Saints without any redress but even
President Joseph Smith with his companions in
prision loaded with chains were FED with nothing
for FIVE Days in succession but the Flesh of their
OWN BRETHREN which was actaully cooked &
given to them to eat & while hearing this part of the
testimony my Blood boiled within & the spirit of war

while ours was not & I thank God Almighty for it & I will not be rode down to Hell by the Missourians any longer, & it is my privilege to speak in my own defence & appeal to your honor FIGURES

After this interesting & decisive address was deliverd in the presence of about seven or eight thousand the multitude dispersed & went to their homes

July 1, 1843 ~ Saturday

July 1st 1843 The Municipal Court opened at 8 oclock AM President Joseph Smith made some remarks to the lawyiers his Council, as he was a prisioner before the Court. President Joseph Smith then called upon Hiram Smith, Brigham Young P P Pratt Lyman Wight & Sidney Rigdon who were duly sworn & gave in their testimony, which occupied most of the day they went through the whole scene of the persecution from Jackson County to the time of their expulsion from the State by force of Armes & it was certainly the most heart rending seene or rehearsal of it that ever saluted the ears of any tribunal in a cifilized government it would have disgraced an arab or Hotentot, not ownly theft, Arson, Burgalry, prisons chains, expulsion rape & Murder were practiced upon the saints without any redress but even President Joseph Smith with his companions in prision loaded with chains were FED with nothing for FIVE Days in succession but the Flesh of their OWN BRETHREN which was actaully cooked & given to them to eat & while hearing this part of the testimony my blood boiled within & the spirit of war