North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : State v Hooper et al, December 1844.

Hooper, a free man of colour, and Suttles, a white woman, were indicted in 1842 for adultery. Their defence was that they had been married for ten years. The jury was directed to determine whether or not the marriage was valid; they found that Hooper and Suttles had married before an act of 1838 tha...

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Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
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