Mayors Court

A July, 1871 report of a fairly quiet period in the mayor's court, the only case being that of an African-American woman whose children were whipped by another unnamed woman, in the process allegedly knocking out two jaw teeth of one of the children. Mayor Neander H. Rice sent the constable in...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Project Say Something: The Shoals Black History Collection
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Online Access:https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/830
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Summary:A July, 1871 report of a fairly quiet period in the mayor's court, the only case being that of an African-American woman whose children were whipped by another unnamed woman, in the process allegedly knocking out two jaw teeth of one of the children. Mayor Neander H. Rice sent the constable in search of the offending woman.