Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1916-03-16
Jury Out Hours, Fails to
Agree.
CASE A LONG ONE
Jurors Could Not Agree Concern
ing the Troubles of Mr..
aud rlrs. Zane.

Of the City of Bridgeton against Lew
is Zane yesterday engrossed the at
tention of Justice of the Peace Rex A.
Donnelly and ten-men jury from
10 o'clock until night-fall.
A twelve men jury had been de-
manded, but up to long after II o'clock
but 10 jury men could be secured, and
it Was agreed on both sides that the
case proceed with the 10 men, their
verdict to be binding against certi-
orari.
Roscoe C. Ward appeared for Mrs.
Elberta C. Zane, the deserted wife,
and Frank S. Mckee, Jr., appeared
for the defendant, Lewis Zane F. A.
Stanger, Jr., the Corporation Counsel,
represented the City of Bridgeton, the
suir being brought by Overseer of the
Poor Charles D. Carney.
The case presented several angles,
but the cogent point was the question
Of desertion and failing to contribute
to support.
The Zanes were married in 1900
and had resided in Bridgeton until
December, 1911, when they removed
10 irving Avenue, just over the line
in DeerieId township.
This feature in the wife's complaint
before Justice Donnelly, made by Ov.
erseer Carney was contested by Mr.
Mckee. because, he said, the legal
residence was in Deerfield township
and not in Bridgeton. This was COM
batted by the fact that while the old
law gave one years residence to con-
stitute legal residence in a town
ship, the law of January, 1912, re.
pealed this law by a new act, making
the residence five years, consequently
the legal residence still was in Bridge
ton, where the husband still actually
resides.
Mrs. Zane testified that her husband
mad given her no money for her sup
port since July, 1915, when he gave
her $40 to pay a feed bill for their
birds. They had $50 pairs pigeons.
On October % last he advanced ST.
to pay feed bills.
He then gave up the house, told her
he was through with her and she
could go home to her parents in Clay
ton who would have to take care OF
her. Other people moved into the
house and forced her out, and she
went home to her parents. He told
her to sell the goods and go. She
sold goods to a Mrs. Bacon for $50
and scme to another person for $34
and he told her to keep the money to
move her goods, birds and coops to
Clayton, which she did.
The birds were not productive and
she had to sell them. He had sold zoe
pairs and the $50 pairs was what he
save W IeT
She has no money and no means of
supporting herself. Several letters
were introduced showing that Zane
did not propose to support her.
Several Eeighbors were called who
testified to Zane's ill-treatment of and
beating his wife. And there was some
testimony, an effort of which was
tried to lie got in in reference to an
other woman in the case, but that
was not made an issue.
The wife testified that she had been
obliged to leave him once before.
The defence was that Mr.. Zane had
set his wife up in business with the
$50 PAIRS of pigeons, and the poultry,
etc, to make her own living, and
that this was his contribution for her
support.
The case did not so to the jury un-
til near five o'clock.
The jury wrestled with the case from
. o'clock until 10 last night and failed
10 agree. 1t is quite probable that
the case will be retired at an early
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