A BIGAMY CHARGE
YOUNG MAN FOUND GUILTY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Last Night. At the Supreme Court, Arthur Henry Burns was charged with bigamy. Accused married a Maori in 1912, but subsequently was separated from her. He later met a European girl, whom he married in November, 1917, saying he believed that his first wife was dead, information to this effect having been given to him by Maoris with whom she had been living. Accused, in giving evidence, said he firmly belieyed that his first wife was dead. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The judge ordered him to come up for sentence when called upon, on condition that he took steps to annul his first marriage and did the right thing by marrying the girl to whom he had done, such a grievous wrong.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 6 February 1918, Page 5
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136A BIGAMY CHARGE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 6 February 1918, Page 5
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