DOUBLE BIGAMY
MAN AND WIFE ACCUSED. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, October 27. During the hearing of a charge of bigamy brought against Henry’ Oliver Nelson, in the Police Court, to-day, it was revealed that his wife, who is in England, had also committed bigamy. Nelson was charged with going through a form of marriage with a woman in Auckland in 1925, when his wife, whom he married in 1917, in Plymouth, England, was still alive. Accused was formerly leading stoker in the sloop Laburnum. Royal Margaret McCallum, 31. said in evidence that she intended to remarry Nelson when he got a divorce. He had always treated her and their child well. The police produced a statement by’ accused saying that in 1924. he received a letter from his mother in England telling him ho was a free man. He made no further inquiries then, but since ascertained his wife had married again in 1929. She said in a statement she was happy andd never wanted to 1 see him again. Accused was committed for sentence, and was allowed bail.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 October 1932, Page 10
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