Grace Fortescue

Grace Fortescue

Grace Hubbard Fortescue, née Grace Hubbard Bell (1883–1979) was a New York socialite who took the law into her own hands and killed a defendant charged with the rape of her daughter, an act that earned her a one-hour sentence for manslaughter.

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