I Did not Commit Adultery

Jim Phillips is a professor emeritus of law and history at the University of Toronto.

• Abbreviations and Short Forms Principal Members of the Byrne and Campbell Families Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 – The Town of Whitby, the Campbell and Byrne Families, and the Campbell Marriage to August 1873 Chapter 3 – Robert Campbell’s Separation from Eliza, August 1873 Chapter 4 – Eliza Campbell’s Ejection from the Family Home, September 1873 Chapter 5 – The Campbells Go to Court 1: Robert Campbell v. George Gordon for Criminal Conversation, 1873 Chapter 6 – The Campbells Go to Court II: Eliza Campbell (Robert Campbell et ux) v. James Campbell for Defamation, 1874 Chapter 7 – The Campbells Go to Court III: Eliza Campbell v. Robert Campbell for Alimony, 1874 -1875 Chapter 8 – Robert Campbell’s Petition for Divorce, 1876 Chapter 9 – The Senate Divorce Committee 1: The Case for Robert Campbell Chapter 10 – The Senate Divorce Committee 2: The Case for Eliza Campbell Chapter 11 – The Senate Divorce Committee 3: Counsels’ Speeches and the Committee’s Report Chapter 12 – Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill in Parliament, 1877 Chapter 13 – An Interlude, 1878 Chapter 14 – Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill in Parliament, Again – 1879 Chapter 15 – The Principals after 1880 – Winners and Losers Chapter 16 – Conclusion AppendicesAppendix 1: Eliza Campbell’s Petition to the Senate, 29 March 1876 Appendix 2: Eliza Campbell’s Separation Bill, 1877 Appendix 3: The Separation Act, 1879