The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-10
MOTIFS MARRIAGES.
Confesses to Two Wives
and yet He Is
Acquitted.
ADMISSION is NOT CONVICTION.
Told Everyone Of His San Fran
cisco Wife, Yet No One CaR
Prove the Marriage.

George Mott. well built and prepos@
sessing young man, neatly dressed, en-
tered the Court OF General Sessions this
morning to be tried for bigamy. With
her hand on his arm his alleged second
wife accompanied him She was dressed
entirely in white and wore jaunty hat
trimmed neatly in brown. She Is PEI
tite, dark eyed young woman with glossy
brown hair.
It was the first case called, and the So
called wife No. 2 was the first witness.
From the apparently affectionate manner
of this young woman with Mott, it looked
strange to see her called as the first VIII.
ness to testify against him on charge
liable SO send him to State Prison.
She said that the Rev Mr.. Nichols
married them at the parsonage on Janu-
ary % OF tn present year Her maiden
name was Grace Taylor, and at the time
OF her marriage she lived at her home,
NO. 137 Jersey avenue.
She lived with Mott three months and
a half when, she said, she heard he had
another wife living. She went before
Justice James N. Davis and caused
warrant for the arrest of Mott to
be issued. AT this point Couns ,llor Balck,
counsel for Mott. objected to Wife No. 2
testifying against Mott until che Drosecu-
ton showed that she Was not his wife.
The court sustained the objection, and
Judge Davis was called He said he had
issued the warrant of arrest and that
Mott, when arralgned before him, cried
and admitted he had done wrong and de-
served to be punished and that he had an
other wife in California.
Counsel objected, but the court adj
mitued the evidence.
WIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Mrs. Young, of Seventh street, testified
that she was the mother Of Grace, and
that she had known Mott about year,
and That she heard him say to Justice
Davis that he had wife in San Fran
CISCO He is the son of Captain Jesse
Mott. 1t was at the suggestion of her
self that her daughter procured Motifs
arrest
A Mrs. Henckler was bad witness for
the State. All she knew of the matter
was that Grace Taylor was his only wife.
Assistant Prosecutor Noonan, who repre-
sented the StaIe, dropped the old lady at
once and called George Taylor, twelve
year old brother Of Grace, who knew no
more than Mrs. Henckler.
Lawyer William G. Cudhp, the next
witness, testified that he heard Mott say
in Judge Davis Office that he had done
Grace a great injury, that he had been
married before to woman in San Fran
cisco.
TOLD THE CONSTABLE, TOO.
Constable Jelly testified that he ar
rested Mott, who said he was sorry for
what he had done and that he was afraid
that ii ne got a divorce hs csssIla ret
marry the second wife.
The Rev. Mr. Nicholson testified that
he married Mott and Grace on january
26 This concluded the case for the State,
and Counsellor Black moved that the
Court direct the jury to render verdict
Of acquittal, for The first marriage had
not been proven.
Judge Lippincott. in charging the jury,
said. THAT nothing to show that a pre-
yious marriage had existed, except
the defendants admissions and
they were Insufficient An acquittaI
was directed and the jury so rendered
their verdict without leaving their seats.
1t is believed that the couple will have q
reconciliation and live together again.
Neither appeared to be adverse to this
prospective condition of things and all
the parties to the case left the court to-
Qether.