Bride’s Brother as Proxy Groom
LONDON, July 19. An alteration to the British marriage laws to enable servicemen to marry by proxy is expected to be announced soon. The Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to make an announcement shortly regarding the alteration to the law. This follows an extraordinary case in a village near Cambridge in which a brother went through the form of marriage with his sister on behalf of an absent bridegroom. The bridegroom, who is a soldier -in a Scottish regiment, did not arrive at the church, where the bride was waiting. When the ceremony was imminent the brother, who was best ■
, inan, stepped up, took liis place, and • signed his name. Later a letter arrived from the bride- . groom explaining why he could not be . present and expressing the hope that ; he would soon be home to marry. Both the bride and her brother were. L ? ned £5 for making false statements , m the marriago register, i The defending counsel explained that 1 the bridegroom was in Madagascar and ' had no knowledge of what had happen-
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Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 207, 31 August 1942, Page 6
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180Bride’s Brother as Proxy Groom Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 207, 31 August 1942, Page 6
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