BOY AND GIRL MARRIAGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19231, 21 January 1926, Page 12

BOY AND GIRL MARRIAGE.

FALSE DECLARATIONS MADE. HUSBAND FINED TWO POUNDS. "Possibly if yon had more knowledge of the law you would have known that where for any reason a parent refuses to give consent to a marriage, a Judge of the Supreme Court has power to act in that capacity and give consent," said Mr. Justice Stringer, in the Supreme Court yesterday, when a youth, aged 18, and a girl, aged 16, whose names were suppressed, appeared for sentence for making false declarations concerning their ages to tho registrar of marriages. The Crown Prosocutor, Mr. Meredith, said he understood no roal and proper hlamo was attachable to tho young couple. Chief-Dctoctivo Gummings bad stated they were quite happy, and that iio nwal wrong had been done. The boy hud married the girl because she intended leaving homo and they had given their ages as 22 and 21 respectively. They were now residing with the girl's parents, who wero quite reconciled. His Honor said that no harm had been dono to anyone, although he considered the conplo were exceeding;,y yonng to start out in married life. However that could not now bo helped. The Grown had been put to Boms expense. The husband would bo fined £2 and the wife would bo discharged.