The  complaint  of  the  plaintifE  respectfully  shows  to  the  court,  that,
on  the  i4th  day  of  November,  1870,  the  plaintiff  was  married  to  the
defendant,  at  the  town  of  Hurley,  in  the  county  of  Ulster,  State  of
New  York;  that  the  plaintiff  and  defendant  then  were,  and  both  of
them  have  been  up  to  this  time,  residents  of  this  State,  and  were  sucli
at  the  time  of  the  commission  of  the  several  acts  of  adultery  herein-
after mentioned;  that  at  divers  places  within  the  town  of  Catskiil,  in
the  county  of  Greene,  State  of  New  York,  and  at  various  times  be-
tween the  1st  day  of  June,  1883,  and  this  time,  at  what  particular
times  and  places  the  plaintifE  is  unable  to  state,  the  defendant  has
committed  adultery  with  one  Jacob  Layman;  {state  times  and  places
specifically,  if  iiossihle)  that  such  adultery  was  committed  without  the
consent,  connivance,  privity  or  consent,  or  procurement  of  plaintiff;
that  five  years  have  not  elapsed  since  the  plaintiff  discovered  the  fact
that  such  adultery  had  been  committed,  and  that  plaintiff  has  not
voluntarily  cohabited  with  defendant  since  the  commission  of  the  last
offense  above  alleged,  or  at  any  time  since  June,  1883;  that  the  issue
of  said  marriage  of  the  plaintiff  and  defendant  is  one  child  named
William,  born  November,  1870,  wherefore  plaintiff  demands  that  the
bonds  of  matrimony  between  himself  and  the  defendant  be  dissolved.
