The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-02
The DOMESTIC COURT OPENS
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r1Trrsfanrss ~ fffsur' va mad" %
comply o. rurh 80 Ins-ibis 9Th tn-
/ provt-,un- ~ r1~ r-w .nf~rt"r cr'rft-
a.
/ The ri~rss r.-ipi~i . ruuru s~uarni'-ft
: frrr, that " whirh m. oorIr' prps-~stng-
were nslt Th. ~l-rk- fous M. jury rrurn
- 'h- Yorkytll- Municipal cuur' m
wht.h 20 wura and tho u~w rour' took
p,,-s"--iun ~ Par u ~ tbr same rpuni"t-
nal ,-rurr tu=ttr. Huv~r 49, m fhs
rnunuHral ro'trt but no had M jury ca-e-.
49, m. sisrss - 'h" rtn-r 'urtr' w-r" noe
di-tssb-si
n VS. ~ pclork wh"n Magistrate
Cornell m ms bla-k gown went upon th-
b~noh vt tn, n-w cplrt he was accom-
pant~,i ~ th,~f Magistrate N"Ndoo
OutSid" ~ tho railing 'h~r~ w~r" about
q .s-nr~ &C fn-n and women. most II them
come upon business
4 nov open m" Domestic Relations
Court without further Formally. and arm
ready 80 hear an persons having business
with the court. Magi-trat" cornell
announced
The first DAYS wors then got under
way and from that time IN The pro-
c,,,tings went without a hItCh
= The first ca-n 10 get urson 'hs r",or't-
Of 'ha n.W court wis tNat IT Mrs Margaret
Hamilton ~ I6e E.ast IU5th street Sn"
earned a vear-old girl baby N n"r arms
a. ~. entered . COMPLIANT ~ abandon
nant against h-t husband. EiWard. a
PAINTER They hav" been married 'rr"r
wears wear agn her husband l"'t her
wltuurI, support 81" Thought 10" VtS
hyng with hls mother .n Hollis Kitchen.
or more precisely. A. 20 Mr~t Thirty
ninth street
lie - great tot fighting. and IN" last
time ~ took four Policemen 10 arrest h.m.
she Said 10 Complain tlerk Wilson
W. have only four poIIC"men on "ur
stan and cannot spare them an on uu"
case said tn" clerk
The Court issued "A warrant for ~
husband and Policemen Rapport and
Krttle were sent after HIM "" couldn't
he found
Ia..r m ,he day Hamilton valaad into
cour, and -ad he heard that 10 WA
wanted He appeared very meek A.
hls wife was not present 20 testify the
examination was puf over until to-day
and D.. Was h.ld IN $50 All
The first arrest made IN warrant
Wa that ~ Jacnb RI"d-r IN N" com
plant 4 his Wifr Ren.-Cca 81" charged
d..-"rtipn They were living 81 ~ t--..N
STR. wh"n he i"'t her m July last and
v"n' ~ Pm ad-ph,A ~" stay"i thor" a
" sak ur - aud then came bark He Wa
ordered 20 pay his wife g Ws-'k for the
support - hers..f and thr's children
Henry B~okman. chauffeur. - 5N
Pa. Forty ninth street. Va- also ordered
fp nav his wife IS week Roth are
ypunR They have hE-en married a y-ar
The Vife who Used 10 10 a cloak model
aid her husband EFF her last March
Wh"n they lived - 80 Pat flsh'y nth
s'roa.
husband ~ ~" Harlem police court and ~
! vas made r"fu-nAhle in the new court
There we're several other Cs.H- In which
surnmons had r",'n obtained IN other
police courts and IN" hearing -"t for IN"
new court
An odd cas- rha, came before III"
complaint clerk was that ~ Harry Walker.
plumhe- - IS? Fast Broafway He
NA~ IN court 10 AnsN"- hi- VIZ" com
plant biI' INJURY failed 20 show that IN.
he'd mad" any complaint He said h"
he'd SLAPPED ms wife in the face for What
he considered flirting wtth another man
She left HON" end Vent Rack 70 he
parents. threatening 20 haN" him up m
court
He -as told 80 e. home and wait until
his WIfe mad" a complaint agar him
Herman S'a.fe and william Carr. fruu.
IN" Corporation '"uns~' ofh"". prose
CtIied N AL cases N which ther" wa~ an
examination The complaining VttneSs
saf m a chair while '-~tIfylnR and m"
defer dam stood within a few fest 90
thai no could hear distinctly every word
thai va spoken. great linpro vein''f'
over the Did polio" c"ur, method. Nh"r"
~. defendant often heard hut little ~ -"
evidence against hIfn
Ihs ami other procedures brought
about hv tho now law we're introduced by
= Nagisira'. Butts when ~" was FIRST ap-
pointed ip n" police cuurt hsnoh lher"
vaz cun-iderabl" rldtc'il- by SON" - IA"
other Magistrates and hy -"tr'' lawyers
over hiS attempt =" invest q polio" opur'
With 80 much dIguIfv and The appearance"
If lFuuarfIal JIstica IN" adoption #
, several pf his idsa- e polIC. court reform
bv the n.W Law shows that h" Was ahead
- his time
m. new court Wa certainly cpniucted
Vt,h decunIin Yesterday 4 hugh degree
81 uuI"tna-s Waz pr"ssr' 81. - different
from the. usual hum Il Cpuv erra'iuu and
-huttlIug - feet that ha," prevailed IA the
f,plr. courts Hnd"r the odd laS \ CarI..t
IN the cont room fuur h"iis-d IN" -ilsno"
There Wsr. four attendants ia vpurf 80
I,r.-..rr Z. ORDER ~ place u the policemen
that wer" Withdraw from all m" minor
courts August ~ Tn" attendants we're
new To the business but they speedily
learned what was required ~ them and
did very we'll FO'r pplICsrnsr are as
signed 20 the court 10 "Ns'HIi" warrants
One - 'hs-~" men. Policeman WodlciSa
~ doubl" of MagIS'Tat. Cornell
Two - 'he policemen used r. bs pr"ha
'ion officers for Magistrates Herman and
Ksrnochan They are Policemen Mc'iniv
and Rapport hos" MCQIade, who usssi
10 bs probation officer AZ tn" West Sid"
court hAs been assigned - IN" new courr
Albert Creelmhn - the chief clerk II tho
court
During the day seven warrants were
issued and the same number 81 summonss~
were given Out Under the Now law thsr"
- penalty ~ SIS for refusing 80 obey a
summons
Magistrate Cornell had twenty four
CAGES before hum for the first DAYS work
THIS whs considered dong very we'll a. "
was said that the average number II non
support rhses m Manhattan and Tho
Bronx vas but 400 wear
The Domestic Relations Court ~
BROOKLYN opened IN the quarters 81 tho