Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

HARD LABOUR.

Per Press Association. HAMILTON, Jan. 24. Discovered after living eighteen months as man and wife with his former employer's daughter, Raymond Jack Vernon Elliott, aged 26, a motor mechanic, of Hamilton, was charged with abduction before Mr S. L. Paterson at the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour. As the result of a friendship the daughter left homo with accused to avoid trouble from her parents. She was 164 years old and a child was born in March. 1936, when the pair were living as man and wife at Wailii. Accused desired to marry her following a divorce from his present wife, from whom he is separated. “It is a serious offence to take a young girl without the authority of her parents. It is in your favour that you did not abandon her, but chose to maintain her well. For that reason your sentence will be lighter than it would otherwise be,” said Mr Paterson.

Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19380125.2.179

Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 48, 25 January 1938, Page 12

Word count
Tapeke kupu
165

HARD LABOUR. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 48, 25 January 1938, Page 12

HARD LABOUR. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 48, 25 January 1938, Page 12

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert