Extraordinary Bigamy Case.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1584, 17 December 1885, Page 2

Extraordinary Bigamy Case.

James Malcolm, the meat salesman, who by representing himself to be Captain Macdouald, of the Kaikoura, succeeded m induciug a young girl named Emma Dash to marry him, after ah acquaintance of two days only, has beetr couvicted of bigamy and sentenced to seven years penal servitude. The uui versa! verdict is that he thoroughly deserved the severe punishment he received, for he aggravated his original offence by foul add batteless charges against the good name of the girl he had wronged. It was also proved that m the course of last summer Malcolm had attempted with another girf a reaewal of the vile trick he played on Miss D.ish. It was certain that on this second occasion he had paßsed under t»e name of James Macdonald. that he bad lepresented himself as a sea-captain, and that he had led another dupe to believe that lie would makejier his wife. The fraud had fortunately', been disco veied before any actual mischief had com* of it. His intended victim. Miss Emiui Dickerson, saw m the newspapers the report of the former trial/ and thus learnod tha sort of lover who bad been addressing her, and how v«ry narrow had been her escape from the terrible position which awaited her. Her sister went to the Court and saw Malceltn. But after he had been found out he bad pleaded earnestly f or f orgi yiness for the wrong he had purposed, and so far prevailed that at the first trial neither of the two girls came forward with the damning evidence which they might have given and ought to have giv^n. At the second trial they were compelled to attend. — Anglo New Zealander.