The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-08-26
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

ORDER OF PUBLICATION
William j. Byrnes, by his sister and
next friend, Dorothy Mclaughlin,
Plaintiff
Mary p. Miranda,
Defendant.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
CECIL COUNTY IN EQUITY
NO. $500
The object of this suit is to have
the marriage between the Plaintiff,
William ]. Byrnes, and the Defend
The Bill of Complaint recites that
Dorothy Mclaughlin is the sister
and testamentary guardian of the
Plaintiff, and that they reside in
the Borough of Brooklyn, County
of Kings, City of New York, New
York; that he is minor under the
age of twenty-one years, and that
1.-THE Defendant, Mary P. Miranda, is
of age and a resident of said City
of New York; that as a result OF
certain mental alterations and
chronic alcoholism, the Plaintiffs
sanity was inquired into by San
ity Commission appointed by the
County Court of Clinton County,
New York, and he was committed
to the New York Hospital as ment-
ally incompetent, from whence he
was released the last week of Jan
uary, 1898, ON parole, and in the
care and custody of Harold j. Nc
Laughlin, his brotherin-law, fer
further care and treatment, ana
with who'll he remained until the
10th day of May, 1888, subject 10
reoommitment to said institution
should the same become necessary;
that on said 10th day of May, and
while incompetent as aforesaid, and
in an intoxicated condition, he met
the Defendant, Mary P. Miranda
and Maurine Ellinger and associated
with them until the early hours OF
ant, Mary P. Miranda, declared null
and void.
the morning of May 18th and while
i'm said Intoxicated condition, the
parties hereto and the said Maurine
Ellinger, without the consent of the
guardians of the Plaintiff, came to
Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, by
Railroad, and while intoxicated, the
said Defendant, and her said com
panion, without the knowledge and
consent of the Plaintiffs guardians
and the Defendant being then and
there informed, if she had not the
knowledge before, that the Plalntin
was not of an age at which he could
obtain a license to marry without
the consent of his guardians and
with full knowledge of his inebri-
ated condition, nevertheless Ill
order to obtain such license, then
land there represented that The
Plaintiff was of lawful age, that is:
twenty-five years, in order to obtain
license to marry without the con-
sent of said guardians; that on
the said 18th of May, 1888, by virtue
of said license to marry fraudulently
obtained as aforesaid, marriage
was performed in the City of Elk
ton by the Reverend G. M. Cope
purporting to unite in marriage the
said Defendant and the Plaintiff,
although, the Plaintiff had no recol-
. lection of the said ceremony; that
after the said ceremony the Plain
. tiff was continuously supplied with
LIQUOR and returned with the De-
!. PENDANT to New York City that same
. night where he was caused to re-
main with the said Defendant in an
J inebriated and impecuniOus condi-
ton until on or about the 18th of
} May, when he experienced his first
. sober and lucid period, and when
. for the first time he learned of said
. alleged marriage; that thereupon the
Plaintiff Immediately repudiated
, the said marriage and separated
from the Defendant; that since the
said separation, the parties hereto
nave not since lived or cohabited
together as man and wife, and the
said marriage was never consum-
mated by the said parties; that
said marriage was induced and pro-
cured by the fraud, connivance and
deceit practiced by the said Defend
ant, on the said Plaintiff while he
was in such an intoxicated and
mentally incompetent condition as
to be irresponsible for his actions;
and that the said marriage was in
law null and void to all intents and
purposes whatsoever; and the Plain
= e. h. n
reasons be so decreed.
1T is THEREUPON. this 9th day
of July, A. D., 1888, ORDERED, by
the CIRCUIT COURT for CECIL
COUNTY, in EQUITY, that the
Plaintiff, Dorothy Mclaughlin, sis
ter and next friend of William ].
Byrnes, by causing copy of this
Order to be inserted in some news
paper published in Cecil County,