Southampton County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Arrest, 1880 

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James W. TURNER, arrested 12 Jan 1880, Petersburg, 
  for alleged wife beating, Dec 1879 


"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Tues., Jan. 13, 1880, p. 2, col. 4 

PETERSBURG. 

RELIEF FOR THE IRISH SUFFERERS - 
   ADDRESS BY A RICHMOND CLERGYMAN - 
   THE RACE AT THE FAIR-GROUNDS WON BY "TOP" - 
   ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING HIS WIFE - 
   BENEVOLENT MECHANICS ASSOCIATION - 
   MATRIMONIAL - EXPORTS OF TOBACCO, &C, &C. 
[Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] 
                         JANUARY 12, 1880. 
[...] 

  A man named James W. Turner, from Southampton county, was arrested in this 
city to-day, charged with an assault on his wife, said to have been committed 
last month.  It is reported that the woman was quite badly beaten.  After 
which Turner is alleged to have taken his children - three small ones - and 
left for Petersburg.  He will be sent back to the county to-night to answer 
the complaint.  It is rumored in connection with Turner's departure from 
Southampton that an elopement with a woman of the county was in contemplation. 
[...] 


Additional information: 

Article posted as part of the Library Of Virginia's "Virginia Chronicle" 
   Virginia newspaper project, at: 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/virginia_newspapers 
   - text of article corrected 

No mention of this case found in Southampton Co. Court Order Book 1875-81. 

James W. TURNER does appear twice in that volume - two deeds on the 310-acre 
   Waller tract were recorded.  He granted the tract to J.D. PRETLOW in a deed 
   of trust, dated 15 Feb 1878 (recorded 8 Jan 1880), then bought the tract 
   from PRETLOW {as guardian of Wm.H. SUMMERELL} & others, 15 Feb 1880 
   (admitted 16 Feb 1880).  (pp. 454 & 457; see also DB34:439, 462-65) 

His m.lic. 10 Feb 1870 to Lucy T. JOYNER does not give the m. date; 
   the union cropped in the BFA Southampton Project of the M.Reg. (p. 34; 
   MB1A;360) 


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