"I'm afraid it does, and I half dread what the English newspapers may say under the heading of 'Galway Barbarities.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
"We hope our readers will be able to read Mrs. Packard's book for themselves; especially her 'Self-defence from the charge of Insanity,' wherein the Barbarities of this statute are made to appear in their true light, as being merely a provision for 'Legal Kidnapping.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
It is thus that the Barbarities of the law of 1851 are wiped out by this act of legislative justice.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard