Case Name: PEOPLE v. ALVIN H. BLISKEY
Court: County Court of New York, Oneida County
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1897-10
Citations: 12 N.Y. Crim. 472
Docket Number: 
Parties: PEOPLE v. ALVIN H. BLISKEY.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Criminal Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 472–472

Head Matter:
Oneida County Court.
October, 1897.
PEOPLE v. ALVIN H. BLISKEY.
Disorderly person—Evidence.
On a prosecution for being a disorderly person in not supporting his-wife, defendant may show that she had been unfaithful to her marriage-vows, and that, by reason of her adultery, he was not obliged to support her.
Appeal from a judgment, convicting defendant of being a disorderly person in not supporting his wife.
J. Frank Rogers, for appellant.
F. H Hazard, for respondent.

Opinion:
DUNMORE, J.
The defendant was convicted in the court; below of being a disorderly person in not supporting his wife, the-complainant. The defendant attempted to show that the complainant had been unfaithful to her marriage vows, and that by reason of her adultery he was not oblige to support her. All evidence tending to establish this defense was objected to by the-people and excluded by the court. This was error, for which the conviction of defendant must be reversed. People v. Brady. 13 Misc. Rep. 294, 34 N. Y. Supp. 1118 ; 2 Wait, Law & Prac. 330 ; 2 Bish. Mar., Div. & Sep. (Ed. 1891) § 1228; Culley v. Charman, 7 Q. B. Div. 89 ; Rex v. Flintan, 1 Barn. & Adol. 227; State v. Schweitzer, 57 Conn, 532, 18. Atl. 787; Carney v. State, 4 South. 84 Ala. 7.
Judgment reversed.