The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-07
WIPES PLEADING
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 loving and pleading wife saved Charles w. Patrick of South Norwalk from States prison sentence. by Judge Lucien F. Burpee in the crim- inal Superior court today. Patrick was before the court. having pleaded guilty to the charge of bigamy. Mrs. Patrick, No. 1. was in court pleading for her erring husband. asking that he be dealt With leniently. She forgave him all. desiring that he come back to wifes appeal into consideration and sentenced Patrick to one year in jail; then, suspending judgment. paced the accused in charge of the probation of- ficer.
 Patrick must live with his wife and support his five children. Patrick three years ago sent his wife and chill dren to her mothers in Ireland. While Mrs. Patrick was abroar she learned that her husband had married a iHar- r1et Taylor. a woman Of South Nor walk. and was living with her. She returned to this country in October and hao her erring spouse arrested.
 Attorney William w. Bent of this city, who appeared for the accused, after stating the case to the court, said that the first wife was in court desiring to be heard. Mrs Patr ok
 
 ago She said that she forgave all Patrick's wrongs and wanted him to come back to her Patrick was call ed to the stand by the court He stated that he never knew he was married a second t.me, that his sec ond wife showed him a marriage cer t.dcate. showing him that he was lease on h-m. T can't remember that I was married to her at all. I must have been intoxicated, though I am not a drinking man.
 States Attorney Judson showed a statement from the town clerk not ing that Patrick had applied for a marriage license two days before the ceremony, which was performed by Rev. Charles H. MacAuley of South Norwalk. He ought to go to States prison" said the court, "but his wife is a good woman. Her interests and those of her children must be look ed after. If it concerned but him, I would not hesitate in giving him a long sentence, but there are others to be considered"
 When the court had imposed sen tence. Judge Burpee asked Patrick if he understood what he was to do dur ing the next year. He stated that he did. thanking the court for the lem iency shown. Patrick was all smiles 
 knees at h.s joy in being set free.
 Turney French of this city. another bigamist, was not as fortunate as Pat rick, the facts in his case being much different. He was sentenced to one year in jail. French. at odd times a trolleyman and truckman. but by trade g. wood chopper. on Jan. 6. 1910. mar ried Ethel Walp. a demure Derby girl, aged about 20 years. It was his sec ond venture. wife No. 1 having obtain ed a divorce. He Is about 45 years old. Wife No. ? lived with him in turned to her parents home up the Housatonic river. A few months later French obtained employment in Dan bury. Here he met Grace Russell, aged IS, whom he married at Brew sters. N: Y., after two weeks court ship. At the time of the ceremony with Wife No. he told her he was single man. but five days later con- fided to her that he was divorced, which was true. French held that he had a right to marry Miss Russell, Wife Mo- 8. as the ceremony was con- married Miss Walp in this State. It is his doctrine that a marriage con- tracted in this State is void in an- other. Attorney Robert c. Mallette of this city. counsel for French. tod the court that Miss Russell asked
  for her two-year-old son. born when she was but Is years of age.
 Arthur Carmody, aged Is, of this city was sentenced @to not less than one year, nor more than Is months in states prison for theft. Carmody was pictured as an habitual thief A short while ago he stole $1.95 from the pockets of bakers at the Federal Biscuit Go. where he was employed. Twice before he had been arrested for the same offense. The court be- lieved that Carmody, who is rather simple minded would receive better attention in Wethersfield.
 Arthur Nelson, for burglary, was sentenced to not less than one nor more than two years in states prs- on. Nelson, who was a stranger to Bridgeport, short time ago broke into a tool house in the West End, a number of tools The same evening, with the implements thus obtained, he broke into the tailoring shop of Michaelson. over Isenburg's market, in Main street, stealing a number of suits of clothes. The goods were found on him while he was attempting to pawn the arti- cles.
 Peter Hickson and Richard Jack son, both colored of this city, charg- ed with statutory burglary had their cases disposed Of.
 The former was sentenced to jail for one year and the latter for three months, but had his sentence sus- pended and was placed in the care of the probation officer. dickson, who is IS years of age, and Johnson, aged 16, broke into the store of the filling Rubber Co.,, in Main street. They stole two pairs of football pants. dickson has been in the reform school, while Johnson was arrested a year ago for playing "craps."
 Frank Moran of Danbury, a sweep CT in a saloon in that town, after the place of business was closed one evening recently, returned rifling the cash drawer and putting away some of the many beverages. He got off with year in jail.
 Edward Dwyer, also of Danbury, was given ten months in jail. He was seen by police officers going through the pockets of an intoxicate Dwyer says he was looking for a bottle of whiskey.
 Stephen Devaney of this city, charged with chicken theft was giveu one year in jail. Devaney recently entered the hennery of Mrs. Mary Smith, at 3S7 Brooks street, gettins away with some of the feathered stock.
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