Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-22
LIBEL EnR DIVORCE.
state of Vermont. User County Court
Es--H County. -. March Terra 1891.

state OF Vermont, / User sennts Court
Es-sn County, -. March Term 1891.
George Willard IS Sadie htrriow Willard.
To the Honorable the county Court neat
10 lie holden at Guildhan. within sud for the
SouHty OF hsseH. and state o. vermont, on
the 10th day of Nnreh A. D. 1897. cones
George Willard 1T Guildhsli In the said Ioun-
~. and respectfully shows and giscs TINS
Honorable Court to understand aud be IN
FORMED, that on the RI LAY u January \ y
1855. at Guiidhau aforesaid. he was duly
Joined in marriage To- sadie htgrloN willard,
Of said tsuildhail. by Charles q. baueit OF
said Guildhall. Justice oi the feacr. GUY
authorized by the laws of said state at Nsr-
mont 10 Sulcmnizc marriages. that from the
date al their said marriage he lived win INC
said Sadie. at GuildhaN nforeSaid, IN inc
strict observance OF all the duties anu obhsa-
tions eutoined and resting upon MIN ny TIA
son ui the marriage covenant. and IN AL IT,
sptcts behaved aud conducted himself a.
true aud faithful husband ought and should
And your petitioner iuTthcr shows that tte
said sadie, wholly disrrgnrding her duty IN
that behalf. did at Guildhall aforesaid, on
the 18th day Of NOVEMBER \. -. lHos, anu
at divers other days and times, ana AZ diNeis
other places within said State OF vermont,
commit the crime OF adultery with one
Charles Philbruok then of saidGuildhah. ana
with other persons to your pcutionet Ut
present unknown. And your petitioner iuT-
Their shows that ON the 4th day OF July a. u.
I s91, the said Sadie, wiliully ana WITHOUT
cause. deserted your petitioner Tor three con-
SeCutivc years. and ever since hath ana sun
does refuse Ia live with and cohahit with
your petitioner. at which time she Departed
IRON the said Guildhall in company with the
said Charles PhilbrOok. and wSnt, as your
petitioner is informed and believes, to saw
yci sville. in the Province OF Quebec aud Do
minion OF Canada. at which last named place
the SAID Sadie and the said IharleS have. to
the time OF fiing this libel, lived together in
the pretended relation Of husband and wife,
but in truth and in fact in open adultery.
Aud your petitioner further shows that he IS
n resident of Guildhall aforesaid. and has re-
sided at said Guildhall for thirty-hVe years
last past. and that he has not lived or CO.
hahited with the said Sadie since said 4th
day of July 1891. and has not cundoned said
acts OF adultery committed on said 18th
day of November 1858, by having sexual in
tercourse with her, the said Sadie since said
last mentioned date, nor in any other man
| ner Whatsoever, but that said cause of di-
vorce for adultery, and said cause of divorce
| for DISCRETION or abandonment. still remain
| and exist, even to the time of filing this libel
| Wherefore your petitioner prays that the
| bonds of matrimony between him and the
said Sadie Bigelow (Wilard) may be dis
| solved and bill of divorce granted unto
| him. and tor such other and further relief a,
| to the Court, according to law and justice
| may seem meet.
| Dated at Guildhall, in the County of Essex
and State OF Vermont. This Goth day of DE
i cember, A. u. 1896.
| GEokGE WILLARD, Petitioner.