MARRIED TO A LUNATIC.
Addressing James Jnckson, a rail-grinder, who had pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey, London, to bigamy, and whose wife had been in nn asylum for over ten years as a hopeless case, the Common Sergeant 6aid that no crime varied so mtirh In its seriousness ar bigamy. Some rases were very bad, and necessitated punishment. The accused's wife had been dead t v him and his children for ten years. "Some people in this country," he continued, "God-fearing, law-abiding people, have advocated, and advocate still, that such a terrible thing as lunacy should be in law a ground for divorce. Sitting on the bench, it is no part of my province to say whether that amendment ought or ought not to be made. I do not think myself that you are guilty in the eyes of the law. I ennnot feel that there is a moral stain on what you have done." The Common Serjeant sentenced Jackson to imprisonment for one day. It was stated that Jackson had been employed by the character. As he left the dock &c smartly saluted the Comfiien Serjeant.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 64, 15 March 1919, Page 19
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188MARRIED TO A LUNATIC. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 64, 15 March 1919, Page 19
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