CHARGE OF BIGAMY.
AUCKLAND, October (i
At tho Police Court, Alfred Wiley, a returned soldier, was committed for trial on a charge of bigamy, in that at Hamilton on June 3, 1914, he went, through a form of marriage with Clara Emily Walker, his first wife being still alive. Detective Cummings stated that accused, whoa arrested, admitted that •he--had-.been married before, but had not seen his first wife for 10 years when he married the second one.
Clara Walker deposed that accused enlisted as a single man without telling her. He made no provision for her aad eho wont to Wellington and saw accused, who made an allotment order in her favour. She received this money until accused returned from the war last November. Later she met him in Wellington and left him owing to remarks made by accused's sister about hisVhaviug beeii married before.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3575, 7 October 1916, Page 8
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145CHARGE OF BIGAMY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3575, 7 October 1916, Page 8
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