A BIGAMY CASE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1141, 28 August 1883, Page 1

A BIGAMY CASE.

i v iWe- take the foliowine tf tiomj 'ther-i Mel- I bquriteiHeratdjoither 12th ylfc ; the I case of the .-man. or( ty n ' conv, * c, ' , <* .°* I bisamj somo time iiiinoe. will be fresh in I the recollection %fr rooWof^DiirT&aders. I For those nnacquajnted with the case it I may, be sufficient to say that tljfß.jTjf.iJi was ■ by;"a woman*-'TppreVeitin's? herself ■ ashiaTrife in Melbourne,,after'a desertion ■ of more than 20 ye&rs. meantime ■ ; Gordonhad married- in Melbourne,:; had a ■ nnraprousifamilVr and whs hading a most ■ exemplary ■ renerat <he ; Mblbo,nrne,jL^)pg ■ After prolbn <red prnceediruwf, ,<-'V s C>9 n .# e ■ .complaint of hi* first,"w'fe , in,,'thf ■ Csart'ipr.- mainten<nce"..an^ ft ßnbs?qiip,nily ■ in the,,Oentfal , ( pr,iminal; Court ( .jrjJ s itne ■ prosecution, by the" Crown,foif {h'samy, ■ Gordcnwnß'convicted,-and isen'pnoed to H 12 montW, imprisonment. In. justice to ■ Gordon ,it must he 'admitted ilia ■ outhe deniedth^)iew£S ( the man Simpson ■ h« wan c'larepd;with. in f*ict B this was his, defence. . Hr>weyerr he wai ■ sentenced to 12Lmontiis- imprisonment; ■ and althoush efforts.have.sipcebeeiii made M to obtain his relea,se,he wap pot discharged M until yesterday, after serving pipe months. ■ Immediately. h on his discharge", he wasH arrested on a warrant issued at Dnylesford™ where the first wife .resides, charging him■ "with deserting';her white he Vasin prison. ■ This wis bad enough, but now came fo theH wretched man for" the first.-time, ,t.he ful intelligence that the' second'wife, hiiM faithful partner for nearly 20 yearn, andM the mother of his children (the first hadM nnney:had died the night heart; These/were! the Words hiseldest'sonia fiiie youth Wf sbme'lS orH 17 hemet? his "father 1 m jthtH 'cl«rl{ , B' office in :;! the 'City "Court; * wfiereM Gordon had first to be taken toHie The, scene betweenthe boy and ,ty ß and'pome of the younger children it ' n fl| Court was ,moBt" hhrrowing, and men had'to Jl turn ! asid^'to- conceal tears. Gordon 'npp«ared ; to hi* bail moriiinsak thß City.Court/.'and was r manded.for a week.'