The next morning the Prisoners were marched under a strong guard to in Jackson County, and after being detained there for a week or two they were marched to where then was with his troops— Here a Court of inquiry was held before , this continued from <​the​> 11th. until the 28th. of Nov. while the five prisoners were kept in chains while about fifty other Mormons taken at were penned up in an open unfinished Court House,

In this Mock Court of inquiry the could not be prevailed upon examine any witnesses in favor of the prisoners but heard only such as was brought against them <​defendants were prevented from any testimony a their had by an armed force under at the court house they was advised by their lawyers not to bring any as they would be in danger of their lives or drove out of the country so their was no testimony examined only against them​> This Inquiry was had principally into their religious opinions which were entirely misrepresented <​a great many Questions were asked relative to religious opinions​> The conclusion of the Court of inquiry was to send the prisoners to jail upo[n] a charge of Treason. They do not deem it necessary to detail their sufferings while in Prison, The horrors of a Prison, for four long months, in darkness in want, alone, and during the cold of winter can better be concieved than expressed—— [p. 28]