AN UNUSUAL CASE.
VvKIjUWIUV, May 3. run;; l.ee wy.s airested h* clays ajrn on a uliar„'e oi huln.cut 1 y a »irl tinder 14 yo;us. awl iv!n::iuU':l. On the ■lure heim; railed on at t ho Magistrates Court tlii:- nil,ruin:; i( tianspind thai t!uchild h:nl in I lie meantime k't'ti limricd to il'.'l'(i'.d;i!,l v. 'iil" !i:' was out on bail. The Ullio:' ni I'ollit applied !*i;i* a [urtkor remum! In a'lu.v liim to lulu' lfijul inlvirc :is In tlsa position. Counsel for the accused. while not npposing the remand if '.ho police proposed to Miiipnrt the charge •.villi independent. evidence. contended that. liofnio a remand was made tlie prosecution •h i .11 !d admit thai the yirl was'now mar■lied to Sin.' was not competent as a witness a;;ainst iiini. The police donlikd whether the marriage was legal. Counsel >aid llwt the consent of tlio parents had hton given, and in that cape any •jjirl over VI years or any hoy over 14 .years could legally marry,' A week's rcitiuiid was "rallied.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12036, 7 May 1901, Page 3 (Supplement)
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171AN UNUSUAL CASE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 12036, 7 May 1901, Page 3 (Supplement)
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