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Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Indictment against Benjamin Wallace for rape (signed on verso only)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06000 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 1792/05 Pagination: 2 p. 24.8 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Signed endorsement as attorney on verso. (Clerical signature on the front.) Indictment against Benjamin Wallace who, "not having the fear of God before his eyes but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil," committed rape.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Wallace, Benjamin, fl. 1792

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