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- Tallman of New Jersey, Peter Tallman of Rhode Island, died 1708.
. 1665 - The Assembly granted him a divorce from his wife Ann.
*The case of Peter Tallman was tried upon petition by the Assembly. Peter Tallman applied for a divorce from his wife on the ground of adultery. The woman brought before the Assembly admitted the charge. The petition was granted at once & then the criminal, upon her own confession, was arraigned for sentence. The penalty was a fine & whipping & she was accordingly sentenced by the terms of the law, to pay the fine of £10 & to receive 15 stripes, at Portsmouth, on the ensuing Monday & on the following Wednesday another 15 stripes, at Newport & to be imprisoned till the sentence was fulfilled.
. Upon her petition for mercy, the Court again examined her as to whether she intended to return to her husband. This she refused to do upon any terms. Her petition was denied & she was remanded for punishment.'
. She escaped from prison & was gone two years. Upon her return to the Colony, in May, 1667, she was arrested & petitioned the Court for mitigation of sentence. The fine & one-half of the corporal punishment were remitted & the remainder, 15 stripes to be inflicted at Newport, was executed.
Ref: Arnold's History, of Rhode Island, Vol. I, p. 270. - - - [1]
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