120 years ago today - Aug 17, 1893

[Francis M. Lyman] Bro[ther] S. S. Jones came up from Provo [Utah] and came before Pres[ident] [George Q.]

Cannon and me and confessed to us the had committed adultery. I told Pres[ident] Cannon I had advised him to go before the high Council and make full confession and ask of them merciful treatment. Pres[ident] Cannon endorsed my advice as the very best that could be given. Pres[iden]ts [Wilford] Woodruff and [Joseph F.] Smith said the same. They felt very merciful towards him ... it was thought best to have their action quiet so he may not be thrown into the hand of the courts. ... I pled with them for mercy for him but it did not appear that they could do less than to excommunicate him.

[Source: Francis M. Lyman, Diary]

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