Note 993 — Chapter XV · DIVORCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES

Table III, Nos. 83, 83a. With this case may be compared that of Sarah v. William Vernon (Nos. 87, 87a, 87b). On October 16, 1784, the wife asked for such relief as the "laws of the land" provide, charging her husband with adultery and cruelty. The court found the evidence insufficient for either kind of divorce; but on July 21, 1785, the marriage was dissolved on the ground of adultery alone. Singularly enough, her petition for alimony six days later was denied.