GUILTY OF BIGAMY
WOMAN MAKES CONFESSION COURT SHOWS LENIENCY. [ Per Pres# Association. J AUCKLAND, Feb. «. Having previously pleaded guilty at Rotorua to a charge of bigamy, Evelyn Cecilia Armstrong, aged 29 (Mr Fraer) appeared for sentence in the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Smith. In asking for leniency, Mr Fraer said that about 12 months ago the prisoner consulted him regarding a suggested divorce from her husband, who was stated to have deserted her and their two children and failed to provide them with maintenance. Divorce proceedings were instituted last July and a decree nisi was granted in November, but it had not yet been made absolute. The prisoner had been in ill-health and worried, and had foolishly entered into an illegal marriage last June, but after the ceremony she realised the seriousness of her act and made a <confessi< to the police. The Judge told the prisoner that the offence was a very serious one, but the fact that r ae had made a voluntary confession was in her favour. The prisoner was admitted to probation for three voars and ordered to pay the costs of the prosecution.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 32, 7 February 1934, Page 7
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