Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-13
Divorce Proceedings Once OeCId-
ed in Favor Of Defendant
Being Retired.
LITTLE GIRL GOOD WITNESS.
when Asked ~ She Understood Solcm-
nifty of Taking "Oath' Answers
Readily. certainly

Tho old MHEEuDm divorce tiatf
which has been zap several times boz the
past year, was heard again today bee
fore Judge Morse 10 was continued un-
iii $3.50 O'Clock This afternoon. Chrome
logically the history of This case Us as
follows.
Sept 6. 1906. Suit nled by Mrs An-
gela Mazzuchi
oct rs. Amended and supplemental
complaint filed hy hcc
Dec. Is. Decree 600 her favor rendered
and $40 alOmouy granted,
April &c. 1907. Defendant files mo-
ton for new trial
sept 20, Trial granted lset Tor oe-
H. later postpuned)
Nov. 10 Answer Co amended COM
plant filed by Nazzuchi.
To-day. New trial on.
MARRIED IN 1878.
The Mazzuchis were married in italy
October. 1873. and have five children
In her complaints Mrs Muzzuchi al-
efares cruelty. boz that her husband
boat her. called her names ana subject
ed her TO al sorts of iudignitios. lhe
woman Joe. o. 2t-year-oid son. ana
JosehpInc. 12-year-old daughter pre-
scented the wife's case.
LITTLE GIRL TEsTlFIEs.
Josephine is darbayed and dark
haired child. exceptionally bright ana
Undertaking Don her replies. AS En-.
stepped towards the witness box. judge
Weber asked her DO she know what she
did when she took am oath roo GEM tne
truth. the whole truth and nothing nut
the truth
certainly" was the ready answer.
"sWoar her" answered Judge Weber
who represents the plaintiff, her mother
Josephine took the stand and nairat-
ed am incident wherein her father beat
her mother "A little brother went INTO
my fathers room and found a nickel
Next day DE found "a bag OF money
This ne turned over to mother, and just
then father came OBJ. lie called my
mother bad names in American and hit
her"
"Was this the only time they ever had
trouble" was asked her.
$40, they always quarreled. am
swered the girl.
lots OF STUFF"
Joe Mazzuchi speaks English. but not
90 clearly as his sister. "Teu the court
what you know about trouble between
your parents commanded Judge We
her.
Lots OF stuff occurred" answered the
young man "Hc would cau her bad
names and often he strisod hor. This
was over I've .ep~s 80. Since then
they had just scufhes"
what do you mean by scu0lesP"
Talking quauels.' answered young
Mazzuchi I'm English De would cau
her names and threaten 90 KIN her
one night ! came home and there were
mHrks-red marks-on her neck Tho
kids told me he strucked hcr." This
statement was ruled out because IL was
mere hearsay.
"UGLY-FACE" HURT MOST
Mrs. Mazzuchi Is an intelligent an
pearing little Italian woman. Every
question put 90 her brought forth "a
torrent of words uttered RAPIDLY and
accompanied by gestures and facial
contortlons No end of trouble was
caused by tendencies 90 so into a his
tory Of the family as an her testl- |
mony had 90 be Interpreted. When |
asked just what chad ugly. vile and I
harsh names" her husband had called
her. shc replied promptly. "Ugly-faco" |
There were others Tar worse. but e.
took time and trouble to remind her
Of them. But "urlv-fare" grated and
hurt worse than the others, go matter
how offensive.
T. o LcatherNood. for the defendant
tried 10 have Mrs Nazzuphi and hen
children admit that the whole quarrel
and trouble was caused hy Mn MAJ
zuchIs determination 90 have the hus-
band decd over 81 goo worth nr UrnrartN
ln South America. This line of ques-
tioning brought out nothing but de-
nlals
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
Tn his motion for d naty trial Taa