The trial of Henrietta Jeffries
In 1913, a Caswell County midwife, Henrietta Jeffries, was taken to trial for practicing medicine without a license. Judge Charlie Cooke presided and caused quite a stir by stepping down off the bench to represent Mrs. Jeffries and stepping back up to pronounce her innocent
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