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Miscellany: Wives

In Chicago's Stockyards Court, Judge Robert Jerome Dunne passed final judgment on 56 drunkards who had been on probation in charge of their wives or other kin since Sept. 1. When Bill McNulty said, "I haven't touched a drop," his wife cried, "Oh, judge, he's lying to you." Sentence: 60 days. Of John Cpywiak, his wife Anna said, "He's been out of work for nine years. He spent my $500 savings on booze. Then he came home and robbed the baby's bank. I don't want him, judge. He won't lay off it." Sentence: three...

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