STATE AND CHURCH LAW
CONFLICT IN BIGAMY CASE. CATHOLIC'S APPEAL FAILS. A. and N.Z. ADELAIDE. July 23. Reginald Kennedy, recently, convicted of bigamy, appealed to the Full ; Court against j conviction. The - evidence disclosed that Kennedy >. married his first cousin. Both were Roman Catholics, and Kennedy's priest informed • him that under the laws of consanguinity of the Roman Catholic Church, first cousins could not marry, and the ceremony therefore did not constitute , a marriage. The parties never lived together, and Kennedy, believing himself to be unmarried, subsequently married another woman. ... The Court held that Kennedy's mistaken belief that his first marriage was invalid was based on an erroneous view of the law, but that was no defence. .Marriage between .first cousins was lawful and binding, therefore the conviction must stand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 7
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