Carthage Conspiracy. The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith. de Oaks, Dallin H. & Marvin S. Hill - 1979.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Endpaper maps of Hancock County, Illinois. Fascinating study of the 1844 Illinois trial of 5 defendants who murdered the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith, and his brother Hyrum. The helpless pair were incarcerated in the Carthage jail at the time. This is an objective history of the trial, its eye-witnesses and jurors, the strategies of the lawyers, and the prevailing public opinion that made a fair trial impossible. (e. g. even though they formed a majority of the local population, Mormons were excluded from the jury). Appendix (Religious Persuasion of Jurors). Bibliographical Note. Index. Original brown cloth. Keywords: Mormons Mormon Mormonism LDS Latter-Day Saints Hyrum Smith Joseph Smith Illinois History. . Fourth printing of 1975 original. Hardcover. Fine condition/NF DJ (very lightly rubbed). 8vo. xiv, 249pp + 8 pages of portraits.