Petition #20984410

Abstract

Henry Houck seeks to end his three-year marriage with his wife, Eleanora, because she has committed adultery. Houck explains that Eleanora admitted her infidelities to him, and he has "resolved never again to receive her as his wife" and has sent her to live with her father. He asks the court to subpoena her to answer these charges and to a decree a divorce. A related deposition from Donaldson Forster describes his sexual encounters with the defendant that were arranged by "a coloured man named Rice." According to Forster, several of these appointments took place "at different times on the same day" upstairs at Rice's house.

Result: Granted.

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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

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