THREE WEEKS FOR BIGAMY.
"A SAD CASE." "I iove tills woman and I mean to stl'k to her," cried a young miner, Thomas Keogh, when he pleaded guilty at Nottingham Assizes to a charge of bigamy. He tlrst married at the age of IS, said his counsel. His wife was seven years his senior, and he soon had reason to suspect her of unfaithfulness. They parted, and when he was 21 he married Minnie Hutton, a Mansfield girl. The girl was asked by the judge how Keogh had treated her. In a clear, ringIng voice she said, "I mean to stand by him to the end. No man could have been kinder to mc and my son." The Judge: No more eloquent plea could be made on his behalf. The accused then said: "I mean to set legally married to her. She is the only woman I love. 1 Has never happy witli lny first wife." Mr. Justice Lush: I regard your case as a very sad one. You had a very unhappy life with your first wife, and I wl.sh I could be more leEient with you, but bigamy hn.i become so prevalent that I canuot pass It over. You will be Imprisoned in the second ilivUlon for three weeks.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 309, 30 December 1922, Page 17
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211THREE WEEKS FOR BIGAMY. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 309, 30 December 1922, Page 17
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