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CTATE OF VERMONT.
y BENNING ION COUNTY, IS.
ANNA SHAW Bennington County Court
WILLIAM sHAw,) June Term, A. D., 1895.

y BENNING ron COUNTY IS.
ANNA SHAW. Bennington County Court,
WILLIAM sHAw) June Term, A. D., 1895.
PETITION TO ANNrL MARRIAGE.
WHEREAS, Anna Shaw Of Bennington in the
heretofore namely on the Fourth day of March,
A. d 1895, has duly filed in the Office Of the
clerk of the County Court within and for the
County of Bennington aforesaid. at Bennington
in said County OF BENNINGTON. her petition to SAID
county court agairs. viii am Shaw, formerly al
so of Bennington aforesaid. hut now of parts un-
known to said petitioner. without this State pray
ing for the causes tn rein set forth that her mar
rage with the said Will am Shaw therein referred
to- may be decrced and declared null and void
10y said honorable court: tnat she may be al
lowed to resume her maiden name: and for such
other and further relief as to justice may apper-
tain;
SETTING FORTH in said petition, and the
substance thereof is as follows:
That on the 23d day of January. A. D 1893 she
was, at IloOsick in the county of Rensselaer, and
Sta Of New York, married in due and legal
form, 10 conformity with the laws Of that State
pertaining to marriages, to William shaw. then of
HOoSck aforesaid, but now of parts unknown to
said petitioner by the Rev. Anthony Wolford. a
minister of he gospel. by law then empowered to
| solemnze marriages in said State of New York
hat, unknown to said petitioner at the time of
said marriage the said William Shaw then had a
former wife then and still living, namely Jessie
| Shaw, with whom he was lawfully joined in mar
| riage at White Creek, in the county Of Washing
| ton and state of New York. on the 2ith day of
marriage the said William and Jessie were legally
qualified TO contract and enter into the marriage
relation with each other in the State of New York
| as vel as in this State;
That a divorce from said bond OF matrimony
has never been granted to either Of hem. has
| their said marriage ever been annulled, but that
the said Jessie Shaw. ever since their said mar
rage, has been and still is the lawful wife of said
William.
And the petitioner further sets forth in said pc
tition. in substance, that she is of the age of
twenty .eight years and that the age of the said
William Shaw is twenty-five years and more, and
that she now resides and eyer has resided in Ben
|. nington aforesaid.
And therein praying that, for the cause ;
shove set forth. her said marriage with the said
William Shaw may BIZ decreed and declared null
and void by said honorable court, and that she
may be allowed to resume her maiden name: and
that she nav have s CHI other and further relief
| in the premises as justice requires.
All under the proper hand of the said petitioner
and dated at Bennington, in said county of Ben-
nington, the 4th day of March. 1885
And it app. airing that the said William Shaw is
without this State so that summons cannot be
served upon him, 1T Is ORDERED that notice
of the tendency of the petition aforesaid be gv-n
to the said William Shaw, by publishing the sub
stance thereof, together with this order, once
| each week for three weeks successfully, in the
| Bennington SEHI.WEEKLY BANNER, so called. a
| public newspaper printed and published ut Ben
| the last of which pu locations as aforesaid shall
be al least six weeks previous to the next stated
! term of said Bennington County Court, to be
holden ct Manchester. within and for sad county
on che first Tuesday of June, A. D 1895, in
| which court and at which term the eof said libel
| is pending.
| AND FURTHERMORE. the said William Shaw
| is hereby and by the publication hereof in &C.
cordance with the provisions of the statute in
! such case made and provided, NOTIFIED and
| REQUIRED to appear before the honorable
| county court at the next stated term thereof, TO
| be holden at Manchester within and for the
| county of Pennington aforesaid on tn" first Tues
day Of June. A. D., 1895, upon the first day of
said term, then and there in said court. to make
answer to said petition of said Anna shaw and to
! stand to and abide such order, Judgment and de.
cree thereon as to said court shall seem meet the
premises considered
Dated at bennington in said county of Ben
nngtOn this 9th dav of March, A. D., 1895.
HARRY I. CUSHMAN, Clerk.
BATCHELDER & BATES,
las ATTORNEYS for Petitioner.