The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-09
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The Mcdonald DesertIon Case = Mere
WrangIe Over Residence.
The hearing Of the charges OF abandon
ment preferred by Mrs. Ellen Mcdonald
against her husband, Samuel Mcdonald,
First District Police Court this morning
Mrs. Mcdonald was accompanied by her
mother, Mrs Wilson, of No. lS1 Oakland
avenue. She is young woman with an
exceptionally pretty face and refined
features. and dresses stylishly.
The defendant, a large-built, over
grown man of twenty-six. with full. red,
smooth and round face. wears
bis hair cropped. Though the
manufacturer there is a swaeger in his
conversational tones that savors OF the
tougher clement of humanity He was
represented by Lawyer Ryerson, who
asked that the complaint be dismissed on
the ground that there was no affidavit to
the effect that either of the parties re-
sided in Jersey City.
Lawyer John DENIM, counsel for Mrs.
Mcdonald, produced the affidavit of
Poormaster Hewitt, In which Mr.. Nc
Donald is alluded to as a resident of Jer-
sey City, and Justice Davis decided that
ludeu1uCu as mIr. AlCDOuhlu WAS llhely 10
become burden upon jersey City. the
hearing should be proceeded with.
Mrs. Mcdonald was first put upon the
stand. She testified that she was married
to the defendant in the West Side avenue
VI. f. Church on January 4, 1888, and pro-
duced her marriage certificate. They
lived together over a year in Jersey City
she left him. Three months after
ward thev made up and
moved over to New York,
taking up their residence in "a fiat at No.
12S West Sixty-third street. Subsequent
ly they moved to No. l20 West Sixty-third
street. They lived in New York together
for about two years. On February IA
they quarreled again, and Mr.. Mcdonald
left her, aud has not contributed to er
support since.
Counsellor DENIM attempted to bring
out the causes that led to the desertion,
but Counsellor Ryerson objected TO evil
dence being submitted as to what oc-
Cured in New York.
Mrs. Mcdonald further testified that
she followed Mcdonald over to Jersey
City the day after the desertion. She
knew that be did not live in New i Tork
when she had the warrant issued for her
husbands arrest.
A mass of testimony was next intro
duced to show that Mcdonald was a resi-
legged desertion, aud consequen tly not
subject to the Jurisdiction OF New Jer-
sey court.
Mcdonald was next called First he
said he was unemployed at present, but
quickly supplemented his answer with
the assertion that he was Ia the auctioneer
business and TO procure license he was
obliged to be a resident OF New York city
and give S14, 900 bonds.
"What became of your wife after you
deserted her7" asked Counsellor DENIM.
"WelI, / dawn't know. | never in
quired," answered the defendant with
drawing accents.
Lawyer DENIM produced letter signed
by Mcdonald, dated February is, 1891,
giving up the apartments he had occupied
at No. 120 West Sixty-third street, and IN
forming the owner that he would nc
longer be responsible for the rent
Both Mcdonald and his lawyer protested
against the reading of the letter. The
Justice read it. and subsequently an
nounced tnat he would render decision
this day week, Mcdonald being mean
while held under the same bonds.