Petition #21285856

Abstract

Henry Brady, a shopkeeper, informs the court that he was convicted of murdering John Knowles, his wife's alleged lover, and later pardoned He also informs the court that he believes the last child born to his wife is not his, but John Knowles's child. In her answer, Jane Brady wife denies the charge of adultery, and accuses her husband of having illicit sex with a number of women, both black and white, forcing himself sexually on a girl of very tender years, and sexually forcing himself on his own sister. He also transmitted a venereal disease to his wife.

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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

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