BIGAMY CASE.
AND FRANK WITNESS
Wellington, February 7,
In the Supreme Court, James \\ illiam Hudd pleaded guilty to a < barge of bigamy and a charge of making a false declaration of marriage in 1908.
It. was alleged that having married at Croydon, England, in 1915, lie went through a form of marriage with Tda Browning in May, 1927.
Accused’s defence was lie fho light his wife was dead.
The relations of the girl Browning with one Frederick James Harris, a cabinetmaker, whom his Honour classed as one of the frankest witness he had seen for a long time, was a prominent feature of the case. Harris, under c-ross-examin-a I ion, sa id he gave the bride away lo Hudd, knowing he was -married, that he had stayed in Christchurch with the girl as man and wife and to a suggestion that he was infatuated with her, lie said he had been.
Accused was found not guilty of bigamy but guilty of making a false statement.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4412, 8 February 1930, Page 3
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165BIGAMY CASE. Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4412, 8 February 1930, Page 3
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