Thornton v. Thornton

Bergen, V. C.

The petitioner charges his wife, the defendant, with the crime of adultery, committed with a man by the name of Willis, in Jersey City, on Sunday, March 13th, 1904. The defendant has answered, denying the allegation, and by way of cross-bill charges her husband with adultery, and prays that she may be divorced from him for that cause. Without at this time entering into any analysis of the evidence offered by the petitioner in support of his charge, I have no hesitation in saying that the evidence fully convinces me that the defendant is guilty of the offence charged, and that if…