Mrs Emily Sinico–Captain Sinico marriage

Mrs Emily Sinico–Captain Sinico marriage is described as a twenty-two-year marriage that Captain Sinico recalled as happy until roughly two years before his wife’s death, when her drinking habits changed. The brief testimony also establishes their daughter’s attempts to help and the circumstances in which the marriage is remembered after the fatal accident.

Marriage and Change

Captain Sinico testified that Mrs Sinico was his wife and that they had been married for twenty-two years. He said they had lived happily until about two years earlier, when she began to drink intemperately. His account marks a contrast between a long period of marital happiness and a later deterioration, though the evidence does not explain the causes or day-to-day character of that change.

Family Responses

Their daughter, Mary Sinico, testified that her mother had lately been going out at night to buy spirits. Mary said that she had often tried to reason with her mother and had persuaded her to join a league. These details show an effort within the family to address the drinking, but the account does not say whether the league changed Mrs Sinico’s habits.

The Accident and Testimony

Captain Sinico was not in Dublin at the time of the accident: he had arrived from Rotterdam only that morning. Mary was also away from home and did not return until an hour after it. Their absence locates both accounts in the aftermath rather than at the scene. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence and exonerated Lennon from blame; the testimony therefore records the marriage alongside the inquiry into Mrs Sinico’s death, without attributing responsibility to her husband or daughter.