DEFEATING THE ENDS OF JUSTICE.
, VfVL PBBSB ASSOCIATION. , < • • • WKtLANQTON, May 3. A Chinese, Fong Ln e, &> rested coma dny« ago an a charge of indacentl/ ! assaulting a .girl under fourteen, vu remanded on b\>J t and has in th* meantime i married the irl, wbo ia Dot cow rompe'ent as a witmsa against him. The police do'ib'el whether the marriage was lega 1 , but cmnsel said 'hat the consent of the pirents had been given, end in that rate My girt over twelve years or any boy over fourteen could- leg>lly marry, A week's remand was grafted.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 89, 4 May 1901, Page 2
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97DEFEATING THE ENDS OF JUSTICE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 89, 4 May 1901, Page 2
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