SALE OF A WIFE
IRISH FARMER'S BARGAIN. .; ,' .j ~ LONDON. May 6 Two young men were . acquitted ii Athlone, Irish Free State, on . the charge of abducting Kate Ward,'a 15 year-old girl. When they explained thai they were endeavouring to save her fron: being sold in marriage, the girl fathei admitted that he had received < £500 from the prospective bridegroom, who hat agreed also to purchase 300 head of ; farm stock for her brother's farm. The prosecutor commented: "It is going back to the age of. chivalry, , but the judge , replied : n -It is going back to the age of barter. ,< ■ ■.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18708, 14 May 1924, Page 9
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