New-York tribune., 1894-01-03
UtRPJIGE NTH 4 THIEF 1NNtAHH"'
NE REPRESENTED HIMSELF As Az iioNfs' "N'
AND IEcFIvED \ YOUNG woMAN-JOD"h
MADAM SAYS LOVE ALWAYS WILL
Hind

rudge .McAdam yesterday handed In an op,n,D" %
in the Superior Court in the suit brought ny r.' ar
Keyes for an annument Of her MARRIAGE WIZ" -, non-
amln Keves Keyes deceived the sr" i -
resented that he was honest man. ""e,e"
was a professional thief. Judge McAdam 's VI
rhiosonhical and philanthropic turn oi H"'' a"'
h. freouentlv takes occasions Ike this 10 a"JuS ~
relations between moral principles anu p'"
law His opinion Is in part as toiio"s' L.,
.erhe defendant by frauduently representiHs '.n'
self as an honest. industrious man. liuu'e -.
/ nlaIntiT a Young woman 10 become MS WIZ
,, ,roserta ation had been as to the defendant
soci,I posItion rank fortune. manners or the "''
r. would have furnished ground for uecldriis Wv
marriage void Fabrcatlons ana eS Sera'o'9 -
,his kind while not commendable are 50 eoIlv n,,s
as TO be tolerated by the law on grou'i"7 u
motley Persons intending TO act upon sucn Iep
res4ntations must verify them at tner peril ~
although they enter into the ing 70 the es-
rage they are not considered as goi'f ~ tha mar
sentlas of the relation on tne .neo indeed in some
ties take each for better or worse Into se-
80 marriage likens itself to the yeritape III 81
trap which Is aser reprssented to sse himself an
Snest Industrious man. and appearances tavSiep Sf
him When n,,,r III bas l1s' pace in the Rogues Gallery
and he is now doing time IN the tL1 tt,en in fraud
crime. 1t an unholy alliance pee0''''' -
and the plaintiff is the victim. , ,,,,, no
any rhe 5e statute provides that marriage may os
a,rniiad where the consent of one or the pa o nc
Vas Obtained by force, duress or fraun nasd as ot 10
being sufficient This provision WA Was p, nunish the
ne ,tlltv of the wrong The difficulty In lna9cirS
courts to act upon this provision s tns and
fear that dissolution may lead to careessiIsi nc
Hind mredIiity on the part of those contempla%es %
| ,nnrrioge Hut love Is blind always, mas pevi Iii
"%i aIyyavs will be- Nothing born or me Ia" M ~
nra,,ent indiscreet and unsuitable marrlages = m u.
p;-.r,re individual judges and acts on appedLI an @
ON bis own likes and dslikes ana II ne OF sne ~
rc,sn his or her best judgment, ana ~ ieSeIttn ~
ht, tho arts and wes of an unscrupuous uSlsn.ils
SSreon thera should be no unwillngness III d PloPS'
r,,e to afford relief the injured. wnel II can w
| Jtra u-thout injury any one except the Suitt.S
'.Jn tbe r,resent instance the planin fohil1 art
| r,,rriage that a professional tnier hau, oy M
hnen Substituted for the honest Industrious @ ihdi
| 9be was led 10 believe she had married ,on ON
nanionship with its reciprocal duties, Is the oas,'
| ~ marriage and no respectable young "oliaI
| gbond be Obliged to divide the life companiohshiI
| ~ a husband between herself and the penal lhstI
| tutlons of the State. , s.o. ,,orr,o ga
| the Court might have required the plaihtin u
| screen his past with mantle or cnarlty, put ~
| has not chosen the pathway OF the penltent. Son
| sortlum and coniugal society have scarcely rlsei
| IN the dignity of memories. the consequence y
| not n temporary sorrow. which may be buried uhue
Inc oblivion Of recurring time. or forgotten III th'
solitude Of despair but an eVer-present atroht ai'
| reprOach that will not down There are forti
na,elv no children TO bear the obOquy or tne mar
| rIqge and unless a premium Is to be placed OF
| fraud and the guilty taken under the protectn.
| aogis of the law. there is no reason, FOUNDED oil
| principle or policy. why the plaintiff should no
have that Justice which the decree prayed for VII
afford. The application must be granted