ALLEGED BIGAMY.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 15. At the Police Court Harry Ford, a hotel porter residing at Hamilton, was charged that at Auckland in August last, he committed bigamy by going through a form of marriage with Kathleen Kelly, being already married. Evidence was given to the effect that accused was married at St. Paul's Church, Canterbury, on February 12, 1908, to Beatrice Newton, who was present in Court. Subsequently accused went to Newcastle and returned eight months later when a child was born. He again left New Zealand. He had written to his wife and sent her money, but she did not see him again till February last in Hamilton. Accused in a statement produced by the police, did not deny the allegations, but stated that there were peculiar circumstances connected with the first marriage. He was committed for trial.
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Northern Advocate, 17 March 1913, Page 3
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143ALLEGED BIGAMY. Northern Advocate, 17 March 1913, Page 3
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