A CHARGE OF BIGAMY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 936, 1 October 1910, Page 3

A CHARGE OF BIGAMY.

A DUNEDIN CASE. SOME INTERESTING EVIDENCE; : (By Telegraph.-^Prras. Association.) -. ■- Dunedin, September 30. ■;" ■ : Marmaduke Dove ; Wilson appeared before Mr. Bartholomew, *S.M., in the Police Court .this : morning ,on a 1 pharge that, ,on Jiirie 3- at. Dune'din,;..her..' did oomm.it bigamy, in'- that, being a'married man, he did- go through the form of marriage with ..Harriet Louisa Waites. L ■'• -.- Sub-Inspscior'i Pliair- said 7 : accused lived -for in '.Nelson. When, the ! siib-inip«!ctorj first.knejv.liwi be' was' a married'.man with -a delicate wife and. family.;.- Some.iyears after' ;' his. .'wife became acquainted with Mrs;-' Minme:3enneh's, ■ a j resident of Nelson,- whose; husband : had left her. some-years before'. nen's and , Wilson agrefed to. ; get '; married. In. order "to: get a mairiage certificate a'declaration'; had ,to be made. Accused and Mrs.;. .Jennens . .were married on September'-11,- 1901 : .."' Some' difficulty had'- b^n','e'x^rijm(^'ih-*gettirig;ia'min-ister to officiate. , Ono minister, objected to. have , anything to' do with the maraiage.:Until -December. 4,v1909,; they lived as man and wife; Owing to happened, accused left: NelMn-:and, came ,to'Dunedih.,and .on June ,5, 1910, ■ married _ Mrs. Waites.. '.Accused was* married .'in. tho name of Marmaduko' Dove. He ap-: ' parentlyr On the other ..occasion he. was married in the name of - Marmaduke Dove .Wilson. : killed: ; - : "orir July' 2, but Mrs;- ' Jenneiia -' was i still alive. •' ~' . . • . V;•

. ' Evidenco'.was given-'by William Rob- ' ert-soii,. who: stated- that Mts. . Jeimens was his mothfr-in-law: ;'.-- v;':v-\< The Rev. -H. B. Gray gave formal evidence, ■■ Mri /Pajnepwho -appealed- for vac--cused,-: ,suD^tfedV ; tliat;,',a "prima-, facie case."'naii cused. . ; :;Ti<>s!: I.Jeaoieiis.'.was 'alixe/.atiihe'.timei^.of'JWili son's ,mamage»«to«Mrs.-. Jennens. Wil- . Mn' : form ofmar-; mige'with;;Mra; ;^emeiM^ had to prove that 'it ; was. a valid mar'riage, and 'that;.Jcnnens. was dead at the time ttie.l^maTriage;;was(»lebrat^.. Two y&r&rbeftfrel Jennens, ! /3Eos:.-'Joiiehs was v oirivicted' . of^illicit-dl^fe^a-feioit^orr^-ha'^Coast. '- That., .an 'absent.'' ipersoiu wasVheird-. of rwithin. sovonf years,':fr6m};tH6" : ing• himself;' it; Could' not ,be legally pr<>sumed.'.tliat 'he.was dead. • • ..'V ? V :ffis;:Woreliip police lidd proved all -the formalities :netesSMy.: vy: : -..' : y<S:-' : ;

. : Accused: said that-three. years after he married Mrs. '- Jemnens she ;got .'. a •letter from ,a.lady,in".;Wellijigton._.stat-', ;ing-;- that.- ; 'JeniieiiSijW^.-"aHyeV:.- : ':on : ti«&y^ to Nelson. • . Evidence-was given -by - George.-Wil-son: and' Sarah' -Thomas, /son- and' daugh'ter of accused. Eaph deposed v as.;?i to. having - seen Jennens • : ..after "'.-Wilson's marriage with Mrs. Jennens, -■ : ■Counsel 'referred ;> to 'a telegraphed statement that; 'Jermens 'had been seen.' ■ riage; of :-;aiccused' -with-i-TheTe r :"wSS"-.'no v 'dqubJi rthat,' whenrV-Wil-" son and Mrs. Jennens went'through, -the form of marriage • they.-.believed : Jennens was dead..: He applied for an adjournment so that, evidence from Bradshaw;could be obtained..<;•

His Worship ; 'said the onus of proving that Jennens jiwaß.ialive , was' upqn_ accused.--If-he-provedJennens wasalive when the 'marriage.' "referred . to was -feone- through; t^t' would /be ."acomplete'answer to.lno, charge.;'. '•' '.^rA-remand" eight