Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-04-07

To the Honorable justices AZ the Supreme JHdjcia
Court merit 10 b. hoideu al UiscdsSet. withiH ana
TOR ne County Of Lincoln on the fourth Tues
dan Of iprH, 4. ID. 1879.
" OCR LIBELLANT, Rachel VI. Moody Of Alma
i in said County, respectfully bols ami give
married to Lorng Moody, then of Whitefeld in sal,
County, on the - dav # August, ISL, at said hit
field she being AT that time ofthe age ofiteen years
without the know led. e or consent and against Tho
will of her father, with whom she then living
that said Moody, At the time of said internarriag
was man of grossly immoral. profigate, and inenl
perate habits, without estate, means occupation
whereby to support and maintain your bellant.
but by reason of her tender years had gained undue
and powerfulinnuence over the will and affection
Of your iibeant and with others combining had per
suaded induced and compelled your bellan TO cor
sent TO said marriage that your libeant lived will
said Moody, as his wife for the space of three day
next thereafter, when she restored TO the car
and custody of her father, by process and judgment
his home in said Alma, where born to her of SAID
Moody, one child, Minnie Eta, who Is now sevel.
years of but said Moody has since said in
termarriage contributed anything whatever to thu
support Of her and her said child but they have beer
wholly dependent upon your libeants father there.
for and your bellant. since her return to her father
house aforesaid, has not lived cohabited with
said Moody. Your lbellant further AYERS that upon
arriving at years of discretion and at commenting
age she still maintained regard for said Moody
and because he was the father of her child. she
would have been willing 10 live with said Moody n
his wife, had he reformed his habits us TO rendu
living with him toerable and been in condition Il
support her and her said child, and had lie dies ed
but said Moody has never reformed or improved hi
habits sought to live with her, has never been
In condition 10 support her, and has altogether neg
lected, ignored and abandoned your libelant ant
child; and because of his conduct and character, a
aforesaid; your libeant has lost forever all affect ions
she ever had for said Moody, and can never acait
tolerate his companonship or presence. Your libel
liant further says that about year ago said Moody
left this State and went lbellant is informed to
California, but to what place she does not know, ana
although she has used all reasonable diligence to
certain the present residence of said ibcee she docs
that he may have personal notice of the pendency
of this her libel and she believes that he has left the
state permanently
Wherefore, your libeant prays that she may be
iyorced from the bonds of inatrimony between hen
and her said husband, that the custody Of said minor
child Minnie Eta may be awarded to her and AYERS
that such divorce would be reasonable and proper,
conducive to domestic harmony and consistent with
wv p AS> ''''' '''O'' " RACHEL NJ. MOODY.
LINCOLN, SIS: March 8, 1879.
Then personally appeared, Rachel VI. Moody and
made oath that said Loring Moody, resides beyond
the limits of the state of Maine in some place un-
known to atiant that she has used reasonable dill
gence ascertain his whereabouts without success
that she has heard that he is in the state of Cal
iforna, and believes that he will there permanently
remain. -
Subscribed and sworn TO before me.
GEORGE Il, SAWYER, Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE.
KENNEBEC, IS: l" the Sup. Jnd. Court in roco
Upon the within libel, ordered that the libeant
give notice to the respondent therein named TO ap-
pear before the Justices Of the Supreme Judicial
Court, To be holden at Wiscassc: within and for
the County of Lincoln, on the fourth Tuesday of
April, A. D. 1870, by publishing atcsed copy of
said libel and this order thereon, three weeks success
siyely in the Weekly kennebec journal, newspaper
printed a. Augusta in the County of kennebec, the
first publication to be thirty days least before the
sitting of said Court, that he then and there in
our said Court appear and show cause fany he have
why the prayer Of said bellant should not be grant.
ed,
CHARLES DANFORTH,J S. j. Court.
true copy of libel and order of court thereon.
3wl2 Attest - CHARLES WEEKS Clerk.