Year: 1860

WIDOW MAKES coMPL ANT FOR SEDUCTION.


singular case OF seduction under promise OF mar
rage is now under investigation before Justice Welsh
The complainant il appears, is the widow Of the late
Joseph Taylor, Street Commissioner residing in Fifty
eighth street. Third avenue and the defendant is
George Frank Lemon captain Of Of the Long Branch
steamboats, and married man having family residing
IN Troy The parties it appears, intimate terms
for the past year or two, but recently the fair
widow had falling out with the captain, and the result
was that Lemon discarded. On Saturday night the
mittened individual appeared at Mrs. Taylors domcile
and made such noise in front OF the door, that the
widow had him arrested charge Of dsordery conduct
The day following she for Justice Welsh and made
the serious charge seduction against the prisoner
as will be seen from the following afhdavit:-


Ophelia Taylor, being duly vsworn, deposes and
says-I reside in the city OF New York; during the
month Of February in the middle or latter part thereof
about the st Of March, 1880 George Frank Lemon
did at the said city seduce and have sexual intercourse
with this deponen that the seduction and intercourse
aforesaid was effected by of made
by said Lemon that he unmarried man. and Of his
promise and engagement TO marry this deponen whom
the said Lemon at the time engaged as an aanced
husband; deponent induced 10 tolerate such inter-
course, urged and accomplished much against deponents
viii solely upon the representations and promises aore
sad deponent to the time of said intercourse and
seduction, OF chaste character wherefore depouent
charges tnat a. the said city at the time aforesaid said
tercourse with deponent, Of previous chaste
character as aforesaid and deponent prays that he may
be arrested for said offence and dealt with the law di
reefs Deponent further says that since the seduction
and intercourse aforesaid deponen has asceraned that
the said Lemon is not unmarried man. and not at
the time aforesaid, but that he had then and has
lawful wife, and ceremony Of marriage according TO
law has been performed between the said Lemon and this
deponent. Deponent Ia confined TO her bed from
sickness the result Of said intercourse and expects to be
confined for about at least six weeks.


Upon the strength Of the above affidavit the magistrate
issued warrant for the arrest Of the
bail at 81 500 Lemon states that he OF the
charge preferred against him and is sangune Of being
able TO procure his acqutta when the up for
examination.


HOTEL CoAcH DRIVER FNED.-A named George
Brickney driver Of of the hotel coaches Of the
frge Hotel was yesterday brought before Marshal Burn
ham, at the city Mayors Office and fined ten dollars for
alleged charge OF Misrepresentation and charge
for conveying Mrs McDonough and children fromiper
No North river 70 the Merchants House.


HoNoRABIy DIsnaARGD.--The OF Miss Mary Emma
Sullivan charged with perjury the Swift divorce case
noticed few days ago in the HxRAID was after care
full examination before Justice Connolly honorably dis
charged the oomplainants failing appear notwthstand
ing the efforts made by the Judge to obtain their
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