Jo is finally brought on trial for his occult conman ship. Cody exhaustively covers the trial in detail, and so provides the catalyst for Joseph’s pivot from teenage witch to young Prophet.
References:
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, by Richard L. Bushman
The Relfector, Golden Bible No. 3, February 1st 1831, by Abner Cole
Joseph Smith’s 1826 Trial, parts 1 and 2, by Dan Vogel
Joseph Smith’s Family Dynamics, by Dan Vogel
The Refiner’s Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844., by John Brooke
Joseph Smith, the Originator of Mormonism. Historical Reminiscences of the Town of Afton, William D. Purple
Early Mormonism and the Magical World View, by D. Michael Quinn
Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and his Progenitors for many Generations, by Lucy Mack Smith
Mormonthink.com
Origin, Rise and Progress of Mormonism, by Tucker, Pomeroy