CONVICTED FOR BIGAMY
APPEAL THAT FAILED.
ERRONEOUS VIEW OF THE LAW
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association.
ADELAIDE, July 23, (Received July 23, at 9.15 a.m.)
Reginald Kennedy, who was recently convicted for bigamy, appealed to the Full Court against his conviction. The evidence disclosed that Kennedy married his first cousin. They wore both Roman Catholics. His priest informed him that under the laws of consanguinity of the Roman Catholic Church first cousins could not marry, and that the ceremony was no marriage. The parties never lived together. Kennedy, believing himself to bo unmarried, subsequently married another woman.
The court held that Kennedy’s mistaken belief that the first marriage was invalid was based on an erroneous view of the law, but that was no defence. A marriage between first cousins was lawful and binding; therefore tho conviction must stand.
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Evening Star, Issue 18334, 23 July 1923, Page 6
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141CONVICTED FOR BIGAMY Evening Star, Issue 18334, 23 July 1923, Page 6
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