Accusation of Adultery in the Wisconsin Territory. 1845

by Manuscript, Wisconsin, James Acker, Defendant

$450 · Offered by The Lawbook Exchange

Public Whore ? Manuscript . Wisconsin . Acker, James, Defendant . Accusation of Adultery . Walworth County, Wisconsin Territory, 1845. 12-1/2 x 7-3/4 31.75 x 19.7 cm sheet. Moderate toning, two horizontal fold lines, light edgewear. Content in neat hand, docketed on verso. 450. * This original territorial legal document details a slander and defamation suit filed against James Acker by Dyer Read on behalf of William and Lona Smith. The suit stems from a

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