An Act for the relief of Joseph Thompson.
[Assented to 23rd July, 1894.]
WHEREAS Joseph Thompson, of the city of Belleville, in Preamble. the county of Hastings and province of Ontario, gentleman, has by his petition humbly set forth that on the twentyninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventyeight, he was lawfully married to Hattie Huffman, spinster, at the town of Trenton, in the county of Hastings, in the province of Ontario; that afterwards they lived together and cohabited as man and wife at the township of Ameliasburg, in the county of Prince Edward, at the township of Sidney, in the county of Hastings, and at the city of Belleville, in the county of Hastings, all in the province of Ontario; that no issue was born of the said marriage; that on or about the fifteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, she committed adultery with Robert Stevenson, in the city of Belleville, aforesaid; and whereas the said Joseph Thompson has humbly prayed that the said marriage may be dissolved and that he may be authorized to marry again, and that such further relief be afforded him as is deemed meet; and whereas he has proved the said allegations of his petition and it is expedient that the prayer thereof should be granted: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. The said marriage between the said Joseph Thompson Marriage and Hattie Huffman, his wife, is hereby dissolved and shall be dissolved. henceforth null and void to all intents and purposes.
2. The said Joseph Thompson may at any time hereafter Right to marry any other woman whom he might lawfully marry in marry again. case the said marriage with the said Hattie Huffman had not
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