The House from which Mrs. Packard was Kidnapped in Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois.
MARITAL POWER EXEMPLIFIED
IN
Mrs. Packard’s Trial,
AND
SELF-DEFENCE FROM THE CHARGE OF INSANITY;
OR
Three Years’ Imprisonment for Religious Belief,
BY THE
ARBITRARY WILL OF A HUSBAND,
WITH
AN APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT TO SO CHANGE THE LAWS
AS TO AFFORD
Legal Protection to Married Women.
By Mrs. E. P. W. PACKARD.
CHICAGO:
CLARKE & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1870.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| Introduction, | 3 |
| The Great Trial of Mrs. Elizabeth P. W. Packard, who was confined Three Years in the State Asylum of Illinois,charged by her Husband, Rev. Theophilus Packard, with being Insane. Her discharge from the Asylum, and subsequentImprisonment at her own House by her Husband. Her release on a Writ of Habeas Corpus, and the question of her Sanitytried by a Jury. Her Sanity fully established, | 12 |
| Narrative of events continued, | 42 |
| Miscellaneous questions answered, | 61 |
| False Reports corrected, | 85 |
| Note of thanks to my Patrons and the Press, | 107 |
| Testimonials, | 117 |
| Conclusion, | 126 |
| An Appeal to the Government, | 130 |
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866,
by Mrs. E. P. W. PACKARD,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Connecticut.
INTRODUCTION.
A brief narrative of the events which occasioned the following Trial seemsnecessary as an Introduction to it, and are here presented for the kindreader’s candid consideration. It was in a Bible-class in Manteno,Kankakee County, Illinois, that I defended some religious opinions whichconflicted with the Creed of the Presbyterian Church in that place, whichbrought upon me the charge of insanity. It was at the invitation of DeaconDole, the teacher of that Bible-