"Honourable Bigamy7’

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 498, 30 October 1928, Page 1

"Honourable Bigamy 7 ’

ieueved first MARRIAGE INVALID JUDGE’S LENIENT VIEW The story of a man who committed bigamy with honourable motives was told in the Supreme Court this morning, when John Carroll appeared to hear sentence. Mr. Henry, who represented prisoner, lid he had pleaded guilty to bigamy t Whangarei. Carroll had met a oman in 1906 deserted by her husmd. She had two children. Prisoner id the woman lived as man and wife nil 1920, when they went through a rm of marriage. In 1927 the woman •ked him to leave her as he had been eping company with another. Carroll later married the second oman and two months later she had child by him. Prior to the marriage •isoner had made exhaustive lnliries as to the whereabouts of the ■st woman’s husband and believed iplicitly that he was alive. He acrdingly assumed that his first marige was a nullity. Carroll’s original ifo cordially released him and desired ) maintenance. My client’s lapse was due to an unrtunate impression that his first arriage was invalid,” counsel conned. Addressing prisoner, Mr. Justice lair said there were a number of amendable features associated with s action. He had assisted his first ife when she was deserted. The cirimstances were different from those an ordinary bigamy case, in which, merally, there was an element of jceit. Carroll was admitted to probation f two years, and was ordered to pay ie costs of the prosecution. ‘T hope 3U will take steps to regularise your ■cond marriage,” his Homour conuded.