Brigham Young is arrested on an unlawful cohabitation charge. This was the first major arrest in a campaign to bring plural marriage to an end by arresting Mormon leaders. The case against Young is subsequently dropped.
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The correct date for this entry is Oct.2, 1871 (not 1872). See DMQ, MH:EP, 767, and Arrington's Brigham Young, 372.
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