BIGAMY CHARGE.
COMMITTAL FOR SENTENCE. ('Special to the "Guardian.") AUCKLAND, October 27. During the hearing of a charge of bigamy brought against Henry Oliver Nelson in the Magistrate's Court today, it was revealed that his wife, who is in England, had also committed bigamy.
Nelson was charged with going through a form of marriage with a woman in Auckland in 1925, when his wife, whom lie married in 1917 in Plymouth, England, was still alive. Accused was formerly a. leading stoker in the sloop Laburnum. Royal Margaret McCallum, aged 31, said in evidence that she intended to re-marry Neison when he got a divorce. He always treated her and their child well.
The police produced a statement by accused, saying that in 1924 he received a. letter from his mother in England telling him lie was a free man. He made no further inquiries then, but since had ascertained that his wife had married again in 1929. She said in a statement that she was happy and never wanted to see him again. Accused was committed for sentence. He was allowed bail. £
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 15, 28 October 1932, Page 6
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