A MARRIAGE TANGLE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3528, 15 July 1920, Page 2

A MARRIAGE TANGLE.

One of the most: Eiiiiziziiug stories of.‘ 11. nlarriage ‘tangle ever told in 21 Court‘ of Law was partly disclosml at Totnes. It stands adj()ll1'I1.€(l for evidence to subst:ultiate- the soliciliox-’s account of a bewildering situation. The romance liaiigs on i’um' main points: ‘ 1. Two brmhers are said 10 be so much alike that 11(-‘.ll.ll’3I,' can be confidently identified u111(-.55 he is in the presence of the otlier. 2. Ono of the brothers, Lleiiftmant Wilfred Sinclair H£l_\'(*S. R.l\'., .~‘:l_\'s tliat on retiirnmg i'l'om l<=-:1\:e in Ireland in 1915 he found that lllf-2 bl‘£l‘llGl‘ had married a Miss Phillips in hi; (the lieuteliant’s) name. 3. At a later date the lilal‘z‘ieci bi-other suggested to Li(-‘.lli.e)l‘clnl‘ Hayes that he (the lieutenzmif; should take his place as 1119 lll1.\‘l)211‘.f.l. This he did. He lived with the wife of his brother for 5 tim”e, and she discovered that he was not her real husband.

4-. This year, on mm-rying Miss Edith Hill at Totnes, the lieutenant took his mén'ried 'bl‘otllel-is name to eve-11 things up, l)ec:zll‘l.<e the brother had taken his mime on In:u-vying in 1915. ' . ACCUSED OF BIGAMY. Because of this second inarx-iage, Lieiitenant \V. S. Hayes was brought before the Tomes Magistrate to answer :1 charge of bigamy. He was accused of Illfll‘l‘}'lllg' Edith Hill on Febi-uary 14th last, while his formal“ wife (Miss Philiips), “whom he Inai‘ried at Plymouth in 1915,“ was still alive (with two children). Fonnztl evidence of the two marriages was given. Fe-r the defence Ml‘ McGahey asked to have the case adjourned so that he might call evitlence from Ireland to show that the'pris.onel- was in t'lla.l coulltl‘_\’ at tlie t-ime of the ‘first, wedding; that it was the other bi-otlier who married Miss Phillips; and that afterwards he left her and went to London.