Stuyvesant v. Bowran

The complaint in this action charges the defendant with having had carnal knowledge of the plaintiff’s wife, and the action is brought to recover damages for the wrong, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars. The action was commenced in October, 1867. An order of arrest was obtained, and the defendant held to bail in the sum of $5,000, under which he is now arrested and held in custody. The order of arrest was obtained upon the complaint and two affidavits. One was made by the plaintiff himself, in which he alleges that the criminal intercourse of which he complains occurred at his own…