Graham v. Graham
New Jersey Court of Chancery
The petition is filed for divorce on the ground of adultery. 'The defence is a denial of guilt and condonation. The offence ;is charged with requisite particularity to have been committed with one person named Stiles, in Bordentown, and with another named Kirby, in Philadelphia.
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The petition is filed for divorce on the ground of adultery. 'The defence is a denial of guilt and condonation. The offence ;is charged with requisite particularity to have been committed with one person named Stiles, in Bordentown, and with another named Kirby, in Philadelphia. The evidence showed that the defendant had lost any affection she ever had for her husband; that Stiles and other men were permitted by her to indulge in acts of familiarity inconsistent with her marital duty. A tendency to be unchaste was indicated by lascivious conduct and impure conversation. The evidence in…
1Opinion of the Court
Green, V. C.
i(After examining and commenting on the evidence at length.)
It is claimed that evidence that the defendant frequently visited Kirby in his bed-room and remained there with him, is not sufficient evidence of adultery, and Williams v. Williams, 1 Hagg. Cons. 299, is cited in support of that contention. In that case the husband having forbidden the alleged paramour, Thomas, to come any more to his house, Thomas took lodgings, and the wife visited him there, and stayed a considerable time, and they passed there for husband and wife. Lord Stowed, distinguishing the case from that of…
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