New Britain herald., 1916-01-19
MARSHALL ORDERED
 TO SUPPORT WIFE
Must Pay Her $5 a Week-Scott ~~ Sent to Jail

tale of six years hard work over ! washboard to secure food for her l young son was told in police court this ] morning by Mrs. Annie Marshall, l when the adjourned case of her faith less husband, charged with non-sup- port. was taken up for trial before ! Judge James T. Meskill. The defen- 1 dant was represented by Judge Will 1 liam F. Mangan.
 Mrs Marshall said that she was married to Marshall nearly seven years ago. Shortly after the marriage i her husband, who had never lived with ! her, left town and ceased to contrib ute toward her support. He was To- cated in Stamford and brought back to this city where he was arraigned in ! court and ordered to furnish bond 1 to pay his wife S5 week for one 1 year. The payments were made for | a few months when they ceased, and l since then she has received nothing l from him. This was over six years | ago.
 i In answer to questions by Judge l Mangan, Mrs. Marshall said that ef- forts were made to locate her hus- | band, but without avail She said her husband came to her home on Spring l street Monday evening and tried to 1 induce her to get a divorce, offering her $1O0, and agreeing to defray all l expenses of the court. He also agreed l to contribute to the support of the | child. Witness said she refused the offer. Mrs. Marshall said that when the accused had seen his new plan would not work, he offered to pay her | $S a week if she would drop the case. Marshall was called and said that l for four years he has been working in 1 Canada, where he earned $2 a day. He | admitted that he had been ordered by the court to pay his wife $5 a week, and for time he did so, but slackness of work caused him to discontinue the | payments for a. time. Later the bonds man in the case, Herman Baehr, made the payments each week.
 1 When asked by Prosecutor Klett whether he knew the sex of his child previous to his return home, the ac- 1 cused admitted that he did not. Asked why he did not support his child, Marshall said that he was not sure of it's paternity. He admitted making overtures to his wife last Monday about the divorce and paying for eX- l penSe attached to it, but denied en- phatically that he offered her $S a week. He said it would be an inn possibility for him to pay that amount He admitted that he was under bonds to appear in the court of common pleas at the time of his marriage.
 Marshall stated in emphatic tones that he would not live with his wife under any conditions.
 1 Prosecutor Klett, in reviewing the case, spoke of the hard struggle the wife had to support her son. H, | Marshall and how, after paying hi wife the sum ordered by the court fo a time. he jumped out of the countr. where he knew he was safe from ar rest and. had it not been for the cir cllmstanceS connected with his return he would still be laughing at the law In speaking of the present case he said that, in view of the decision oI the court ordering Marshall to con. tribute $5 a week for the support c1 his family six years ago, conditions were now such that he felt that a bond should be furnished by the ac- cused to pay his wife at least $75O a week for one year.
 l Judge Mangan ridiculed the prose cutor's statements that Marshall should be made to pay such a sum- saying: "He might just as we'll ask that this man be committed to jail Probably this will give the wife some satisfaction Judge Mangan said a man of MarshalIs means could not possibly pay such a sum, which would mean his incarceration in jail. He criticised testimony of the wife on the witness stand and branded her state ment about the offer to pay her sS a week as falsehood. Judge Mangan said that there was no question that the accused was in duty bound to support his child, but he thought that $3 or $4 week would be sufficient 1 Judge Meskill sentenced Marshall to serve sixty days in jail, suspendine sentence provided the accused furnish a bond of $500 to pay his wife s5 a week for year
 Gets Jail Sentence.
 Frank Scott pleaded not guilty to the charge of breach of peace and assaulting Henry Emmett in the, lat ter's home last Sunday afternoon. He was represented by Judge w. F. Man. gan.
 MT. Emmett testified that Scott came to his home and entered uncere~ 1noniously. He was sitting in the Kitchen at the time and, on hearins the noise, he arose and found Scort standing near him. Witness asked ti,e accused if he had come to offer an apology for the offensive treatment that he had accorded him on thu, street. He said that Scott swore and struck him violent blow on the jaw with sharp instrument, innicting a wound. Mr. Emmett said his wife called to pr. J. l.. Kelly, his son-in- law, and the physician took hold of him and took him away. He tool,