City of New York v. McCarthy

This is an appeal from an order of the Family Court adjudging the appellant a disorderly person and directing the payment by him of a weekly allowance for the benefit of his wife who, due to her broken health, is likely to become a public charge.

These parties intermarried thirty-three years ago and for the past twenty-five years husband and wife have lived apart, the complaining witness having deserted her husband. From time to time during that period she has had recourse to the City Magistrates’ Court for support without success, and also applied for alimony in a separation action in the…