STRANGE CASE IN SYDNEY.
MAN MARRIES HALF-SISTER. (ram* PRESS ASSOCIATION—BT ELECTBIC TELEGSAPH—COPYBGHT.) SYDNEY, July 6. A strange story was told in the Police Court yesterday, when Daniel Willis, aged 34, was charged with having abducted Kathleen Foster, aged 20 An examination of the birth certificates of accused and the girl proved that they were half-brother and haltsister. The documents revealed that Hie man's birth was registered when his mother was 15 vears old and his sister was born after his mother's marriage. Willis and the girl Foster were married last year. , The girl's mother declared from the box that when sent by her mother cO register the birth of defendant, the Registrar entered her name as the bov's mother. , ~ The Magistrate remarked: 1 don t believe vou. . , The abduction charge was dismissed and the couole were advised to live apart until the matter was solved. Australian Press Association.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19665, 8 July 1929, Page 9
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