A MOCK MARRIAGE.

Evening Star, Issue 3970, 15 November 1875, Page 3

A MOCK MARRIAGE.

A. mock marriage, which took place at Collingwood on tae 12th of October, is exciting some attention just now. About three weeks ago, David Ross, landlord of the sir Hebert Peel Hot-1, engaged as barmaid Theresa Haughton, a widow ; and when she had been a few days in the house proposed to marry her. .he consent' d, a d Ross went out for a clergyman, but came back with Mr Dally, the Registrar, instead, and the ceremony was gone through This was marrying in haste with a vengeance but Ross seems to have repented still more hastily, for next morning he quarrelled with Theresa, and aubse quently. turned her out <.f the house, telling her that she bad in;’ - . been married at all JShe then sued him for maintenance, ;*ud it appeared from the evidence given in Court that the requirements of the Marriage Act had not been complied with. The usual three days’ notice had not been given, the ceremony was performed after four o’clock, there was only one witness, and Koss even stated in Court that a copy of Watts’s hymns was used with Daily’s knowledge, instead of a Bible He also mentioned incidentally that before the ceremony had been performed “she wa; one of the mildest women in the world, a perfect angel, in fact.” However, the magistrates expressed themselves very strongly us to his infamous conduct, and dnmis;-e ‘ r.he case, being of opinion that tin re had been no legal marriage It i< likely that o.her proceedings wid be taken, aud meantime the Registrar-General has calle ■ upon Mr Dally to furnish an explanation of Jjis conduct in the matter. > s .iimraoiwes have also been issued aguinst Da. iy for having committed an olfcr.ee contrary to tins Act, and again.-.t ■ oss and ho witness Kemp for ' aiding and abetting him,