Show CHARGES RG TRIAL 1 MARRIAGE IS LAWFUL IN N Y FW lORK 1 March District 7 Attorney McGeehan of the he Dron Bron who ha has ordered a gran grand 1 jury jurs in- in In of ot this ells ell's city a wedding license issuing R ii system stem declared I Friday that one ono see of the he practically sanctions j for tor minors As s I Interpret the thc statutes h he saId a a boy of o 17 and anI a girl of 16 6 could get their parents consent and marry and In a year ear or so 80 compel the supreme court to annul the tho marriage on the ground that the t he parties ss were ere under age Thus trill marriage for tor or minors would be practically sanctioned b 1 the law And a city cleric clerk may mayI Impunity marry a boy and a I girl whom he ho knows to bo be under underage underage age age whereas our penal law pro pro- provi provides pro vi vides that a minister or who solemnizes a bet beth eon p l ties whom he knows to be un- un under Under un under der IS 18 8 years lears cars of ot ago shall hall be bo guilt of ot a misdemeanor 01 00 |