CONVICTED OF BIGAMY.
MAORI WIFE TURNS UP. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. At the Supreme Court, Arthur Henry Burns was charged with bigamy. Accused married a Maori in 1912, but subsequently was separated from her. He later met a European girl, whom he married in November, 1017, saying he believed his first wife was dead, information to this-effect having been giveu him by Maoris with whom she had been living. Accused, giving evidence, said he firmly believed his first wife was dead. A verdict of guilty was returned. The judge ordered him to come up for sentence when called upon, on condition that he took steps to annul the first marriage and did the right thing by marrying the girl to whom he had done such grievous wrong.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 February 1918, Page 5
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129CONVICTED OF BIGAMY. Taranaki Daily News, 6 February 1918, Page 5
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