New Britain herald., 1928-01-17
BRIDE IN COURT
 DEMANDS SUPPORT
notha.iRLaU H,s Laadins Role
 in Domestic Drama

Tho old ''mother-in-law" oues- tion was before Judge M. D. Sake in police court today. during the trial of Fred Gigliotti. aged 2s, of 1O5 Clark street. who was charged with nonsupport and accused by his IS year old bride of less than four months of being cruel to her by re- fusfng to accompany her on visits to the homo of her mother on Elm street. and by insisting on making their home in . tenement across the hall from his mother and and broth- CT when the former persisted in dominating her even to the extent of supervising the management of her household.
 Prosecuting Attorney J. c. Woods declared that ''mothers-in-law should mind their own business, and young married couples would be bet ter off," while Attorney Thomas F. McDonough. representing Gigliotti. scored young married women who run around all day looking into their husbands business. when they should be at home where they be- long," He contended that under the law. Mrs. Gigliotti deserted her hus- band and is not entitled to support. but Mir. Woods maintained that every nonsupport case has individual features which must be taken into consideration. and in this instance. the evidence was clear that Mrs. Gigliotti should not be obliged to continue to live under the circun- stances she described
 Probation Officer Connolly testi- fled that the couple lived together in a four room tenement at 105 Clark street for about two months after their marriage on September c9. 1927. On December 12, the bride reported to him that she had left her husband and was making her home with her mother on Elm street. Mir, Connolly made an effort to reconcile the couple. he said, but was unable to do so, as the bride accused her mother-in-law of interfering in her affairs, while Gilliotti refused to live elsewhere than los Clark street.
 Gigliott. in his own defense. tes- tifed that he wants his wife to re turn to his home. He denied that he ever treated her cruelty, and to his knowledge. his mother had never in terfered with his wife. He admitted that he had told his wife number of times to visit her mother alone if she wished to. because he was tired ,f< 1i ,J a,.'c ,,, 1orot tory and did not want to 20 alling every night as his wife wished him 10 do. Since his wife left him. he has tried to have her return. but she has refused.
 Mrs. Gigliotti's testimony Was that her husband gave her s4 q. week which she in turn gave his mother. who supervised the shopping. If I wanted to buy pound of rice, she would have to go with me to the store," she said,
 Her husband beat her, too. she charged, and when she told him on the telephone that she would not live with him as long as he remained under the same roof as his mother, He lDfu. NST fte uCt tdlNt os b' bad plenty of girls in the shop She is visiting physician twice week at $s per visit, she soid, and in addition to ths expense she felt she should have SC week, There was testimony also concerning her dowry at the time of her wedding, and the ownership of the money with which the furniture vas pur- chased.
 Attorney McDonough told Judge Saxe he did not believe the brides testimony that her husband assault ed her. Gigliotti's brother. Super numerary Officer Giuseppe Gigliotti, testified that he had not observed that the bride was poorly treated. The bride should be ashamed 10 come into police court and tell of demanding unreasonable concessions after such q short period of married life, the attorney said. The trouble with her is that she did not take marriage seriously and now she wants to dictate to her husband and compel him to do certain things by order of the court