Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: 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 subsequent Imprisonment at her own House by her Husband. Her release on a Writ of Habeas Corpus, and the question of her Sanity tried by a Jury. Her Sanity fully established, 13 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.