Commonwealth v. White
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 22, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., Feb. T., 1902, on order for nonsupport in case of Commonwealth v. J. R. White. Proceedings against husband for order for support. Before Weand, J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The husband applied for a divorce. The wife had him arrested for desertion. The court made an allowance for support pending the divorce proceeding.
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Appeal, No. 22, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., Feb. T., 1902, on order for nonsupport in case of Commonwealth v. J. R. White. Proceedings against husband for order for support. Before Weand, J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The husband applied for a divorce. The wife had him arrested for desertion. The court made an allowance for support pending the divorce proceeding. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bv
W. D. Pouter, J.,
This is a proceeding under the Act of April 13, 1867, P. L. 78, brought by Helen White against her husband, the defendant, to obtain an order upon him for her maintenance and support. The prosecutrix having- testified that she had been married to the defendant, the appellant, on September 28,1898, it was proposed to ask her on cross-examination whether she had not at the time of that marriage a former husband, Martin Fernans, in full life. The offer was : “ To show that she (the prosecutrix) was married to Martin Fernans before she was married to the defendant, and…
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