In an earlier petition, Judith H. Wilson asked for a divorce from William because he was a drunkard and would not work. In one of the many depositions given on the defendant's behalf, William Price relates that Judith charged that her husband "had been out there a whoring it in the place of work -- she named something to him about his being the cause of their negro woman's [Susan's] death, by being too thick with her that somebody else got jealous and poisoned her." His deposition also alleges that Wilson may have fathered a mulatto child. Judith seeks to restrain Wilson from disposing of Susan's sons, "Frank and Alvin, the former now about six years old & worth $500.00 and the later about four years and worth $400.00."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky
