Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-08 | Page 12 | Police Judge Eyes Jail Terms for Unfaithful Wives

11 H Ii Police olice Judge Eyes d Jail Terms for II 1 Unfaithful Wives I Married women charged with be being be- be 1 ing lug dis disorderly persons face a a. jail 1 sentence as well as a fine as a re reI result re- re I suit sult of a a. sharp upturn in the number number num num- ber of ot complaints issued on that I charge Judge Joseph G G. G Jeppson said Laid in police court Saturday 1 This This specific charge deals with persons arr arrested sted in hotel rooms or C other places and who have gone n there with the intent to have im immoral moral relations Married women will be given a jail sent sentence nce where it appears that adultery has been committed although they are charged with being a disorderly said Judge Jeppson A large larg percentage of ot the married 1 women have husbands husbands' in th the ser ser- vice This is Js s hard on op the fighting mans man's morale when he discovers his wife has been charged with S immoral conduct It makes him S dissatisfied with serving the un cc-un- try Men and women who appear o on these charges s are civilians ns andS and S military personnel involved are turned turn d over to the military authorities authorities S ti ties s for action and therefore re do not gt appear in court During the month of ot January 29 women appeared before Judge Jeppson 10 of whom were married married mar mar- ried ned with willi eight of those having children February showed an InS increase increase In- In in in- S crease of three with 12 of the 32 women having husbands