DOUBLE BIGAMY
A PECULIAR CASE. ACCUSED REMANDED FOR SENTENCE. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, October 27. During the hearing of a charge of bigamy brought against Henry Oliver Nelson in the Police Court to-day it was revealed that his wife who is in. England had also committed bigamy. Nelson was charged with going through a form of marriage with a woman in Auckland in 1925 when his wife, whom he married in 1917 in Plymouth (England) was still alive. The accused was formerly a leading stoker in the sloop Laburnum. Royal Margaret McCallum, aged 31, said in evidence that she intended to re-marry Nelson when he got a divorce. He had always treated her and their child well. The police produced a statement by the accused saying that in 1924 he received a letter from his mother in England telling him he was a free man. He made no further inquiries then but had since ascertained that his wife had married again in 1929. She said in a statement that she was happy and never wanted to see him again. Accused was committed for sentence and was allowed bail.
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Southland Times, Issue 21849, 28 October 1932, Page 8
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189DOUBLE BIGAMY Southland Times, Issue 21849, 28 October 1932, Page 8
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