City of New York v. McCarthy

An order was made herein adjudging the defendant a disorderly person and directing him to pay eight dollars per week for the support of his wife.

Under the provisions of section 74 of the Inferior Criminal Courts Act (Laws of 1910, chap. 659, as amd. by Laws of 1919, chap. 339) a husband who fails to support his wife and there is danger that she may become a public charge is to be adjudged a disorderly person.

The testimony adduced before the magistrate in this case justified him in concluding that the complainant was incapacitated, unable to support herself and in danger of becoming a public…