WIFE LEFT IN ENGLAND.
MAN ADMITS BIGAMY CHARGE "WANTED TO FORGET." (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Bigamv was admitted by John Henry James Allan, a labourer, .12, before Mr. Pago, S.M.. to-day. The evidence showed that Allan, then a gunner in the N.Z.E.F.. met his lawful wife in England and was mnried on January 19. I*.>lS. They came to New Zealand ond resided at Port Chalmers for a time. In 1'.i20 they agreed to return to England. In London in 1022 Allan disappeared, Hnd for two years Mrs. Allan had to receive help from the West Ham Guardians. Meanwhile Allan came to New Zealand, met a pirl in Wellington and went through a form of marriage in February, 1024. Thov had been living together ever since.
Aroused, in a statement to the police, said ho loft his wife because she had been guilty of misconduct. He wanted to forget his first marriage and make a fresh start.
Ho was committed for sentence. Bail was not asked for.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1927, Page 20
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