COMPULSORY MARRIAGES.
J UDIOIAL OUSJKK V A'l'iONS. By Telegraph.—l'ress Association. Chrisli-hiirch, Last Night. Sir. Justice Denniaton stated Wis morning when sciitenenig a man convicted oil it ehnrgo of misconduct under the aye of consent, that lie had heard the prisoner was willing to marry the girl, but the girl's mother lmd very', properly refused .the oiler. A very largo, proportion of the desertions and divorces which came under the con-l sidcratiou of the Courts were ctiuscTl by the insistence, often under the pressure of tlhe threat ot' criminal proceedings, of udditig to the original injury the even more serious one of premature and compulsory union for life, I
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 209, 25 August 1908, Page 2
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108COMPULSORY MARRIAGES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 209, 25 August 1908, Page 2
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