THE MARRIAGE ACT. Timaru, Nov. 22.
Isaac Battiso^, a respectable settler at Fairlie Creek, was committed for trial 3 esterday on a charge of making a false declaration under the Marriage Act, to the effect that he had resided in Timaru three days preceding the date of the declaration, whereas, in fact } he had not. The defence wa3 that it was a bona fide mistake, arising out of the accused misunderstanding the Registrar as to counting a Sunday in three days, and he had gone home to Fairlie Creek from Saturday till Monday. The justices who heard the case could nob consider the question whether "wilfully" in the Act must mean fraudulent intention, and the facts having been proved, they had no option but to commit.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 319, 24 November 1888, Page 5
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126THE MARRIAGE ACT. Timaru, Nov. 22. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 319, 24 November 1888, Page 5
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