The Bare Republic

A well-researched story based upon a little known true story that generated legal precedents impacting courtrooms to this very day. The Associated Press declared this story to be one of the top ten newspaper stories of the nineteenth century. Due to the completion of the intercontinental telegraph, this first of it's kind "Trial of the Century", captured the hearts and minds of readers throughout the world in real time. Readers at the time could not satiate their appetite for further chapters as details leaked-out during this sensational trial between fifty-five year old U.S. Senator William Sharon, a silver baron of enormous wealth, and his paramour, twenty-five year old Sarah Althea "Allie" Hill. As the world chose sides, the primary question needing to be answered was "How can this be about divorce if the parties were never married... or, were they?" The details lie in the legal definition of 'Marriage'. The Court's final verdict from 1888 will set legal precedents for future courts to follow. Indeed, the trial's impact will affect married couple to this very day. Standard Synopsis will not be provided as it will spoil the enjoyment of this particular read.