State v. . Watts
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Person County, at the Fall Term 1849, his Honor Judge Settle presiding. The indictment is for marrying one Mary Williams, she being a female infant under the age of fifteen years, and her father not then living.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Law of Person County, at the Fall Term 1849, his Honor Judge Settle presiding. The indictment is for marrying one Mary Williams, she being a female infant under the age of fifteen years, and her father not then living. It was found in May 1849, and contains two counts ; both of which state the marriage to have been in Person County, on the 18th day of February 1832. The first count states further, that, on the said day of the marriage, the defendant absconded from that County and had not since returned to it up to the finding of the bill. The other count…
1Opinion of the CourtRuffin, C. J.
The record contains two exceptions on the part of the State to the admission of evidence offered by the defendant. The first was as to the written assent given by the mother ; which was received to rebut the allegation of secrecy. The other was as to the evidence of the defendant’s continued residence in other parts of the State besides Person, and of the notoriety of the marriage, and of the defendant preaching publicly in Counties adjoining Person.
The guilt of the defendant in contracting marriage with a female of tender years, contrary to the statute, seems to be established. Indeed, it…
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