Sarah Warfield, by her next friend and brother, John Goddard, sues her husband, Charles Warfield, a slave owner. She alleges that he became sullen soon after their marriage and that he displayed "conduct unbecoming in a man, and disgraceful and dishonourable in a husband." Before the first year passed he inflicted violence on her. Recently, he ordered her out of the family home. A comparatively humble merchant when they got married, Sarah estimates that Charles Warfield is now worth about $150,000. She asks the court to subpoena Charles and to award her alimony.
Result: Partially granted; dismissed.
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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
