Wellington.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 11, 18 March 1867, Page 63

Wellington.

SENTENCE ON ALFRED J. COX.

Alfred J. Cox, brother of the Auckland swindler E. J. Cox, was placed on trial at the Supreme Court, Wellington, on the 4th inst., on a charge of bigamy. The following is a short report of the case as furnished by the Wellington Evening Post. BIGAMY. Alfred J. Cox, was placed in the dock charged with having married one Anne Bowles, his first wife being still alive. Mary Ann Adamson deposed to the marriage of her sister Ellen Anderson with the prisoner in Auckland in 1863, and said that she was alive and well on Saturday last. The second marriage was proved by the Rev. Mr Fenton and Anne Bowles. The prisoner made no defence, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. His Honor considered it a most flagrant case of profligacy, and committed the prisoner for two years with hard labour.

REMOVAL OF TROOPS. We understand that orders have been received by the Admiralty Transport officer in Auckland to take up a vessel for the passage home of the Military Train early ia May.

It is also, we believe, understood that arrangements will shortly be made for sending home the 2nd battalion, 18tb regiment, in which case we shall see the departure of the last Imperial troops left in the colony.— N. Z. Herald.