A CHINAMAN'S MARRIAGE.
■:p The fir.. l «'liln«*«=c» bigamy trial has just !-,5,-:i plm-p Kays tin- '•Jlornlncr Puff Shatir--!v •:,' ■,;•;.-.[, pilenti. A i'hillamaL had iniirricrl :,-, si t'binesf. wunuin ,-i,-<-ordiuc to Chinese a ri'.fo', aii'l latT, when attending Yale i'i.i,",s"-s i ty sis a sni-lpnt. married an Amr-ri--s ,-ar, 11,- v.sis prosecuted under the new rode P- hefore a M:<:p,l i"'ourt, musistins of a of i l.ir.r.sf. mapUtrate and an American X- assessor.- The prosecution was instigated in by the '"liinese Woman Sufxragists, who ii- employed ;,-.-:,liii!r lori-itru counsel. The d, prisoner was found Builty, and sentenced tc j eighty days' imprisonment.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 177, 26 July 1913, Page 19
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100A CHINAMAN'S MARRIAGE. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 177, 26 July 1913, Page 19
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