Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-01-15
LIBEL EoR DIVORCE.

state OF Vermont. / Es~ex County Court
h>s-N County. 49, aRrsh Term 1887.
George Willard Is Sadie HigeiOw Willard
To the Honorable the County Court. meat
70 be holden at GuidhalL within ana Tor inc
county OF Essex. and state 9i vermont, On
the 10th day OF March A. u. 1897. comes
George Nil4arl "a tsuIlts Abll IA the said Nont-
~. aud repeatedly shows snd gives tnis
Honorable Court 10 understand aud hs m
.urillei, that on the sd Jay ui January a =
1855. at GuidhuH aforesaid, he Was duiN
joined IA marriage q sadie Biselow Niilafus
ot said Guiidhall, by Charles g. hafiSit 81
~aiu Iuhuhall, lustiue OF the feaee. .uiN
authorized by the laws al SAID state 81 Ntt-
mont To- solrmuizr marriages: that from the
date OF their said marriage he lived WITH the
sand Sadie, at Guluhisl nioTesaiu, M tue
street observance OF all the duties ANA nhiisa-
uuhs cnloiLcu and resting upon nun ~ tea-
son oi the marriage covenant, ami IN all re-
spccts behaved and conducted himself a. a
true aud faithful husband ought and should
And your Petitioner further shows that tie
SAID sadie, wholly ui>TegErding her duty IN
that hchati, did. at GaiIuhall aiufSsaid, ON
the l5th uay OF November A. - lsSS, anu
at divers Other days ana times, aud at divers
other places within said State oi Vermont,
commit the crime ut adultery with one
Charles PhilbruUk then al saiuEuildhall, anu
with other persons To your peutlontr at
present unknown. And your peutioner iuT-
Their shows that on the +th day nj July \. u.
1891, the said Sadie, wiiiullN and without
cause, deserted your petitioner Tor three cuh-
sccutive years. and ever since hath aud stIil
does refuse To- live with and cohabI with
your petitioner at which time she departed
from the said Guildhail in company with the
said Charles Philhrook. and went, as your
petitioner is informed anu believes, to SAN
yersVille. in the Province al QucbcC and Do
muiun OF Canada at whicE last named place
the saiu Sadie and the said IhaIlCs have. to
the time OF ming this libel, lived together IN
the pretended relation Ut husband and wife,
but i'll truth and in fact in open adultery.
And your petitioner further shows that he is
n resident ot Guiidhall aforesaid, and has re-
sided at said Guidhall for thirty-tve 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 condoned said
acts oil adultery so committed on said 18th
day OF November 1883, 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-
voTce for adultery, and said cause OF divorce
for deSertion or abandonment, still remain
and exist, even to the time OF filing this libel.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that the
bonds of matrinouy between him and the
said Sadie Blgelow (Willard) may he dis
solved, and a bill of divorce granted unto
him, and tor such other and further relief as
to the Court, according to law and justice,
may seem meet.
Dated at Guildhall, in the County of Essex
and State OF Vermont, lhis Goth day of lie.
| cember, a. ID. 1886.
GEoRGE WILLARD, Petitioner.
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