SINGULAR BIGAMY CASE.
A strange case was heard at The Globe (N.S.W.) Court last week, when a man named John Bobngbroke Hilaire was charged with bigamy. Evidence was tendered to the effect that Hilaire, who has lecently been known as a Salvation Army soldier, was man ied many years ago and subsequently divorced. Notwithstanding the proceedings that had led up to the divorce, the couple subsequently made up their differences and were re-mar-ried.in 1889. Afterwards Hilaire left his wife in Sydney and went to New Zealand, where he engaged in Salvation Army work. In the course of his lab mis he became closely associated wi.sh a soldier named Lily Martin, to whom he proposed marriage under the name of John Arthur James. The proposal was accepted in good faith, and the pair were married in Auckland according to the rites of the Salvation Army. Ihe accused was committed for trial,
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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 176, 28 April 1903, Page 4
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150SINGULAR BIGAMY CASE. Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 176, 28 April 1903, Page 4
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