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(WOMEN). (BURCH). The Only Complete Report of the Burch Divorce Case: Containing a Comprehensive History of the Case--the Preliminary Movements, the "Confession" of Mrs. Burch, Opening Speeches of Counsel, the Deposition of Parties Implicated, and All the Testimony...Specially Reported by the Law Reporter of the "New York Daily Times.". New York: Robert M. De Witt, [1860]. 1st ed. 8vo. 116 pp. Double column. Orig. printed & pictorial wrappers, worn & detached. Some stains to title, but sound. $85.00
An adultery case involving a prominent Chicago banker and his wife, who denied his accusations and countered with charges that he married her solely for her money and had mistreated her during the marriage. The jury agreed and acquitted her.