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IUSBAND TOLD BY COURT TO LEAVE HOMEI'atrick Mortimer AccusedBy Wife of AbusingHerCollingdalo \voman to Sell Auto Husband Drove With Fair StrangerPatrick Mortimer was given fivelays to leave His home at S West*lxth street, Chester, bv Judge Isaac Johnson in Media jesterday In aless ion of desertion and non* support i ourt. This order w is made otter hearing the testimony of his wife, Annie, and their 13-yeor »dlt;l daughter, Mary.Mrs. Mortimer testified that, shewn* living In tl\e natno house wltl[ her husband, but not as husband and wife. Site smted that be gut his meals outstdo and bad nothing to do with h« r or the flvo children, even refusing to speak tothem. She charged that he cam home intoxicated tunny times an abused her considerably, Testitm n on the part of the daughter corroborated her. The daughter stated that he used terrible language and said: lie Isn't a man at all. I'm ashame he Is my father.*'In his defense, Mortimer state that his wife refused to cook o sew fi*r him and wanted him to, leave tho house and also leaveChester, He said that she often threw all of hIn clothes out of the house and ho wouldn't have anything to wear.When asked hy Judge Johnson If, he ever drank, lie eald to him Well, ynut Honor, I wouldn’t say was a teetotaler.Mrs. Mortlinei testified that thonly Income she received each weewas earned by two of her sons, wh together brought In $-7 each week Mortimer stated that their troubl was over their 21-year-old son wh* was not working. He elated thaContinued on Page Two
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Chester Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Apr 04, 1925
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