Only sixteen months into their marriage, Marie Pryor attended a ‘grand ball’ by herself — and was beaten by her husband for it. She then filed an assault charge against him.<\/p>\n
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“Roy Pryor, Colored, Plead Guilty for An Assault on Spouse.<\/p>\n
Roy Pryor, colored, 262 East Main Street, pleaded guilty before Justice J Edward Saxton Monday morning to a charge of assaulting his wife and threatening to kill her. He was fined $5.34. Pryor’s assault was provoked, it is alleged, by Mrs. Pryor’s attending a grand ball some place where Pryor wasn’t along.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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