BKP says Joseph Smith never convicted of a crime. True?

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Re: BKP says Joseph Smith never convicted of a crime. True?

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harmony wrote:No matter how it's spun, it's kinda hard to get around that guilty though, LoaP.

It's on the record.


It was a pretrial hearing. It seems really clear to me. Supposedly, "Guilty" can be used in a pretrial hearing to indicate enough evidence of guilt to stand for hearing.

If it wasn't a pretrial hearing, there wouldn't be mention of "bail" after the hearing.
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Re: BKP says Joseph Smith never convicted of a crime. True?

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rcrocket wrote:
harmony wrote:No matter how it's spun, it's kinda hard to get around that guilty though, LoaP.

It's on the record.


It was a pretrial hearing. It seems really clear to me. Supposedly, "Guilty" can be used in a pretrial hearing to indicate enough evidence of guilt to stand for hearing.

If it wasn't a pretrial hearing, there wouldn't be mention of "bail" after the hearing.

Why was there no trial?
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Re: BKP says Joseph Smith never convicted of a crime. True?

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There are probably 50 arraignments for every trial. Who can say why there was no trial?

An arraignment is not a conviction. It is so unlikely that the Bainbridge incident involved a trial, with references to bail, "leg bail" (which would not likely have been used had there just been a trial), and affidavits.

But, the evidence is really poor, with destroyed and mutilated court records and the like. So let's say I am not completely certain, but the pieces of evidence in the file sure point to an arraignment.
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