Oliver Cowdery writes to W.W. Phelps referring to the 1826 hearing of Joseph and the charge he was a "disorderly person." Writes that Joseph was acquitted.
Oliver Cowdery to W.W. Phelps, "Letter VIII," in The Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 2, no. 1 (October, 1835): 201
On the private character of our brother I need add nothing further, at present, previous to his obtaining the records of the Nephites, only that while in that country, some very officious person complained of him as a disorderly person, and brought him before the authorities of the county; but there being no cause of action he was honorably acquited.