Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-17
ORLEANS COUNTY COURT
IEhH, "A. I5I
Edgar r. Niles vs.. Viola G. Lake

Edgar r. Niles vs.. Viola G. Lake
Whereas Edgar R.. Niles, of Albany, in
the County OF Orleans, has filed In the Of
flee of the clerk of Orleans County Court
his petition for aDDullment of marriage.
setting forth in substance, that Viola G.
Lake of SOmerville, in the county O. Mid
dlesex and Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets, heretofore, ~ wit. on the 10Th day
of November, A. D 1919, at Newport. in
the county OF Orleans, we'll knowing that
she was not pregnant with child, and in.
tending to deceive and defraud the peti.
TONER, then and there fraudulently repre-
sented and asserted to the petitioner that
she was then and there pregnant and quick
with child, and that he was the father of
said child, and then and there intending
to deceive, defraud and coerce the petit
toner into marrying her, then and there
fslseIy and ~fraudulently represented and
asserted to the petitioner, and charging
him with having begotten her with said
child, and then and there threatened
the petitioner that unless he mar
ried her then and there she would
mske application to a Justice of the Peace,
in accordance with the laws of this State,
charging the petitioner with having be-
gotten her with said child, and hen and
there threatened to have q warrant issued
and the petitioner placed under arrest un-
less the petitioner then and there married
her, and thereafterwards, on, to wit, the
18th day of November, A. d 1909, the said
Viola q. Lake, at Newport In said County
intending to deceive and defraud the petit
toner, offered and prop" sed to marry him.
and to refrain from making complaint to
q Justice Of the Peace as aforesaid, and to
refrain from having the petitioner arrest
ed as aforesaid in accordance with her
said offer and propositions; and the petit
toner confiding in the representations and
assertions of the petitionee so made by ner
as aforesaid, thereatterwards on the said
18Th day Of November, A d. 1909, at New
port aforesaid, entered into q contract OF
marriage with her, and they were then and
there married by the Reverend Cd Lance,
q Minister of the Gospel, Their and there
duly authorized by the laws of the State
of Vermont to solemuize marriages.
And further averring that said petitionee
was not pregnant with child at the time Of
said msrriage; and averring that she false
ly and fraudulently deceived q n &
defrauded him into said marriage,
that on, to wit, the 1st day O.
In the State OF New Hampshire, he discov'
cred that she had deceived and defraudeC
him, and thu he then and there refused Il
co-habit with her. And praying that sale
marriage be annulled In accordance will
the statute In such case made and provid
ed.
huu IL UclbE W dPpCdT tudb III
said Viola @. Lake is without this State, g,
that q citation cannot be served upon her
Therefore, it Is ordered that notice of tn
tendency OF said petition be given her b.
publication OF the substance thereof, to
gether with this order in the OrIean
County Monitor, a newspaper published q
Barton, in the County OF Orleans, thre
weeks successfully, the last OF which pub
licstions to be at least six weeks prior t
the first day of the next term of Orlean
County Court. to be held at Newport i
the County of O-leeps, on the 10th day o
September, A. D. 1912, at which time tn
said Viola G Lake is ordered to APPEAR an
show cause, il any she may have, why tn
prayer of said petition should not b
granted.
Given under my hand at Newport, in tn
County Of Orleans the 1st day of July, A
d. 1912.
H B CUsHMAN, Clerk
w. w REIRDEN, Attorney for Petitione
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