The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28
Francisco Tells of a
Deal That allied.
LOSES WIFE AND COIll
THE COURT TESTIFIES THAT 1T
HAD BEEN ENGAGED.
Miss Moss, However, Seemed in
Favor With the Jury and Was
Given All the Damages
She Asked.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call

'iNieNAAN NAilOt San francisco ldllt
9OS Broadway, April 81
Miss Alice Moss was granted her hearts
desire by a jury this afternoon in Judge
Quinn's court. She triumphed over her
ex-lover, Manuel Francisco, and was
awarded 2s9 damages for spending three
days in the City Prison on the strength
of warrant sworn to by Francisco.
Francisco lost his affianced, $50 he gave
her for a wedding dress, the costs of
court and the verdict of $299 besides hav-
ing heaped upon him the humiliation
caused by the jeers and laughter of
small crowd of the lady's friends who
thronged the courtroom. One of these
friends was so demonstrative during the
trial that Judge Quinn ordered her out Of
the courtroom. and she spent the remain
der of the day smiling at the witnesses
from the corridor.
Francisco went on the stand this after
noon and told his little tale Of love. He
narrated how Miss Alice Moss had ac-
cepted his proposal of marriage, had al
lowed him to name the day and had taken
from him $50 for the purpose of purchas-
ing a wedding trousseau. On the eve of
the wedding day the young lady declined
10 have anything further to do with Man
uel, who is over twice her age. Manuel
then secured her arrest on the charge of
obtaining money by false pretenses. She
was, as her attorney said, thrown into
the deep, damp cells of the City Prison
and there the innocent young woman
languished for three whole days"
Some OF the testimony did not
agree with Miss Moss attorneys
ness and prettiness, but evidently these
characteristics of the plaintiff made a
very favorable impression upon the jury
al whom she smiled the whole of the
eleven hours that the trial was in prog
reSS.
ManueTs attorney placed Judge Quinn
on the stand for the purpose OF showing
how thoroughly in earnest his client was
In regard TO the marriage. The failure
of the attempt on the part of the de-
fendant TO marry the plaintiff was some
what of a disappointment to me- said
the court. Francisco had called on me
and made arrangements for me to go to
his home on the Sunday evening and per-
form the ceremony. He was TO send a
hack for me, but as events developed
/ missed the hack drive. 1t is my opinion
that Francisco was talking business when
he made the arrangement with me-"
The witness then transformed himself
into the court again and the case pro-
Ceeded.
Attorney D. Mitchell. on behalf of Miss
Alice Moss, made very eloquent plea,
referring TO his legal opponents, Abe p.
Leach and Clarence CrOwell, as two of
the most gallant Young men in Oakland,
who would / sincerely believe, despise
doing anything that would inure to the
detriment of my client
Attorney Leach evidently did not take
the same view of matters as Mr.. Mitchell,
for he argued very earnestly and in a
manner that clearly showed 1t to be his
opinion that the fair Alice was not en-
titled to cent. During the argument
Mr.. Mitchell inadvertently stated that he
and his associate, Frank Brearty, had
divided between them the 500 which
should have gone for the wedding gown
The case will be appealed TO the Su-
periOr Court