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HUSBAND TOLD BY COURT TO LEAVE HOMEPatrick Mortimer Accused By Wife of Abusing HerCollingdalc \v oman to Sell Auto Husband DroveWith Fair StrangerPatrick Mortimer was given fiveilays to leave his home at S WestSixth street, Chester, by Judge Isaac Johnson Media yesterday In ft session of desertion and non-support i 0111A. This order w is mode otter hearing the testimony of his wife, Annie, and their 13-year old daugh ter, Mary.Mrs. Mortimer testified that she was living in thr hamn house wltl iter husband, hut not as husbandand wife. She n .tod ’hat be gut Ills mealH outs! to and hadnothing to do with her or the flv children, even refusing to speak tothem. She ch irged that lie cam home Intoxicated many Unue an ahusfd |»er considerably To-rumnvon the part of the daughter corrobo-’ rated her. The daughter stated that he used terrible language and raid: lie isn't n man at all. i in ashaine he Is my father.In his defense, Mortimer etatei that his wife refused to cook o sew for him and wanted hint to. leave t ho house and also leaveChester. He said that she often threw all of hln clothes out of the house and ho wouldn't have anything to wear.When asked by Judge Johnson if he ever drank, he said to him: Well, your Honor, I wouldn't say was ,t teetotaler.**Mrs. Mortimer testified that th only Income she recelwd each wee was earned by two of her sons, whtogether hrougltt in fJ7 each weekMortimer stated that their trouhl was over their 21-year-old son w’h* was not wot kina. He stated thaContinued on Page Two
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Chester Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Apr 04, 1925
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