FALSE DECLARATION.
YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE IN TROUBLE.
Dunedin, March 31
At the Police Court this morning, John Alfred Watson and Pear!. Gertrude Watson were charged with committing a breach of the Marriage Act by making a false declaration regarding the age of the female accused. They declared she was over 21, when her age was only fifteen. The girl’s father informed
the magistrate that he was willing to allow the young couple to “carryon.”’ They pleaded guilty and were committed for sentence.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1960, 3 April 1919, Page 3
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82FALSE DECLARATION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1960, 3 April 1919, Page 3
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