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UNUSUAL CASE HAWERA, May 2. The propriety of taking a carnal knowledge charge agai’>«’ Francis Michael Landers, 35, a widower, in respect ,|O a girl 15 years of age. whom he married at the Registry Office at Manaia, on March 24th, was questioned by counsel to day, when ithe police proceed'd on that count, together with a charge of falsely declaring the girl was 21, thereby procuring a registrar’s marriage certificate. Counsel contended tha!t, in view of their marriage, the charge could not be in respect of what may have taken place between the par ties prior to the marriage. It was statju in the evidence that the marriage at the Registry Office, was arranged without the knowledge of the girl’s parents, but their consent was g'von for a subsequent ceremony at a church. The justices dismissed the carnal knowledge charge. They committed Landers for trial on the false 1 declaration count.
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Grey River Argus, 3 May 1932, Page 5
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