A man caught beating his wife can be tied to a stake for eight hours a day with a sign that read, “Wife Beater” fastened to his chest.
Repealed
Repealed
This law was passed during a time in which there were many military personnel in the area, in order to quiet the young men who would howl at the ladies, embarrassing them.
97-29-1. Adultery and fornication; unlawful cohabitation. If any man and woman shall unlawfully cohabit, whether in adultery or fornication, they shall be fined in any sum not more than five hundred dollars each, and imprisoned in the county jail not more than six months; and it shall not be necessary, to constitute the offense, that…