Actor Charged With Bigamy
By Telegraph. —Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Sydney papers to hand this afternoon by the Ulimaroa report the arrest at Melbourne last week of James Brown Atholwood, an actor well known in New Zealand, on a charge of bigamy. Accused was appearing in “John Glayde’s Honour” at Her Majesty’s Theatre. A warrant for his arrest was issu-
Ed at the instance of Ethel Ruby Yelverton Atholwood, and alleges that the accused was married to In-
formant at North Melbourne by the Rev. W. Crackett on June 28, 1897, and that on May 26, 1902, he went through the ceremony of marriage with Lilias May Townsend, the informant being then alive. Accused was admitted to bail, his bondsman being Mr E. J. Tait, theatrical manager.
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Waikato Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3782, 15 May 1908, Page 2
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128Actor Charged With Bigamy Waikato Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3782, 15 May 1908, Page 2
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