Commonwealth v. Phillips

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

The only question in this appeal is whether the defendant is liable for the support of the prosecutrix as his wife. The facts are of an unsavory sort, but the question raised compels their consideration. The prosecutrix is a woman of forty-nine years, who more than thirty years ago was married to a man by the name of Kling, with whom she lived and to whom she bore several children. After a time they separated, although no divorce was secured. While the husband was living, the woman cohabited with a man by the name of Hoover. Then she and Hoover separated. In April,…