CHARGE DISMISSED.
A SIRANGE CASE.
An unusual .case was heard by Mr. Justice Stringex in the Supreme Court this morning when Mary Hunia (Mr. Butler) appeared for sentence on a charge of 'bigamy at Rawene. His Honor stated that the matter had come under the notice of the police after a number of years, but there could be no discrimination in an offence of this kind. The woman had been married when ehe was 14 or 15 years of age to a Maori yonth of 19. She was married a second time in 1915, and in 11 years had had nine children. "She is. discharged," said his Honor; "let her go .back to her children."
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 145, 21 June 1926, Page 10
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115CHARGE DISMISSED. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 145, 21 June 1926, Page 10
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