New Hanover County, NC - Charlotte McDonald - Act for Relief

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An Act for the relief of Charlotte McDonald

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That immediately
from and after the passage of this act, Charlotte McDonald, late of
the county of New Hanover, and widow of Isaac McDonald, late a pilot
on Cape Fear river, be, and she is hereby discharged from any
punishment to which she may be liable on conviction, by reason of
having intermarried with a certain Simon Sellers, during the lifetime
of the said Isaac McDonald; any law, usage, or custom to the contrary
notwithstanding.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
Solicitor for the fifth Judicial circuit, be, and he is hereby directed,
to stay all proceedings which may have heretofore been had on an
indictment for Bigamy, pending in the Superior Court of law for the
county of New Hanover, against the said Charlotte McDonald.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1819-22
Chapter C
Page 66

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