CHARGE OF BIGAMY
By Telegraph—Press. Association. Dunedin, July 10. At the City Police Court' this morning, a young man named Alfred John Mills pleaded guilty to failing to provide his wife, Rebecoa Mills (who ,resides at Oamaru), with adequate maintenance. A charge of bigamy $ was also preferred against him. Accused was arrested in a Dunedin hotel, and was living there .with a woman purporting to br> liis wife. Inquiries revealed the. fact that on July.. 7 Mills had gone through, the marriage ceremony with Sarah Adelaide Whisker at. Christchurch, while his wife was still living. • • . - - • The accnsc<l: "I. wish the lady to be exonerated from all blame, in which case I shall plead guilty." Accused was remanded for a week.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2820, 11 July 1916, Page 6
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120CHARGE OF BIGAMY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2820, 11 July 1916, Page 6
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