New-York tribune., 1870-09-13
SUPERIOR COURT-CHAmBERs.

Before Judge JOnes.-The CrOWe DirOrce
SuL.The motion for aimOny and counsel fees in the
case of Zadaicena Grove agt. Thomas D. Grove which
up on Friday was resumed yesterday ana several
new aidayts were read Inc alaav % % Oh errod S,ea an h
Frank Noe at the same time the plaintiff and defendant
were united and yet now signs htr aday under saS
the time of her marriage stated by defendant but
Was m 1'e S All the time the ceremony was
performing and previouso its performance She alleges
that they started from the hotel Grove handed
her mixture which he said was lemonade and the
plaintiff reduced thereby almost to state OF In
s. worth Of brandy and held her while he poured the
brandy down her throat that she was then assisted into
the carriage and driven to the Episcopal Theological
Seminary on Twentieth ST. that the plaintiff refused TO
aght and forced by Grove TO- get out and go in.
She alleges also that it Is untrue that plaintiff has
father living. The affidavit of Augustus L. Anderson
who says he is the brOthernaw of the defendant was
read impeach the character OF Grove in which he
states that he at time note for small amount
which Grove had passed and which was ndOrsed by his
mother that he showed the note to his Grove mother
and she denied having ever signed IT,
Mr. HennOcke, counsel for the defense, presented
affidavit from Mrs H. L. Rch proprietress OF house in
Lexington-ave., who swears that Mrs Grove and the
Stella Hill in question boarded with her for week under
the of Hill, representing themselves cousins, and
eufe the pursuit OF her husband
one Huber, proprietor OF boarding house In Thirty
seconds previously spoken OF as house OF ilrepute,
made affidavit that he kept perfectly respectable board
Ing house; that the plaintiff and Stella Hill there TO
board under the name Of Wright, accompanied by
elderly gentleman also of the name Of Wright who in
trOduced them his eces and paid their board 10 days
In advance that while they there nobody came 10
them excepting the old gentleman, who deponent
says he knows TO be Royal HOugntOn, and the at
torney and Mr. Noe the husband Of Stella Hill.
After the reading Of the atdayits counsel for the de-
fendan remarked, in regard Ia the s. worth Of brandy,
which Stella Hill poured down the plaintiffs
throat that lie perceived several gentlemen around
friends o hs-who pretty wen seasoned; but lac
thought ~ worth of brandy would lay them out com
petely WhereupOn Mr.. James Whiting replied that he
did nj wish the speaker to speak for him.
Judge Jones inquired Of counsel for plaintiff II he
wished him to understand by the affidavit OF Miss Hi,
otherwise Mrs Noe, that she present wntp the
brandy poured down, and afierward accoupan ed
the plaintiff TO the ministers and saw her forced into
marriage and Immediately got married herself There
Is question Of law Judge Jones remarked, which the
counsel appears 10 have overlooked Ahmony ANA cOun
were only asked for in where the law fixed
the responsibility upon the husband of supporting his
wife who was his wife IN law, but in this they at
tempted 10 set the marriage aside upon the ground that
was procured by force and fraud. He thought they
could moi In such case demand amony; but he should
examine the question OF law before he decided upon the
merits.