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Offline aeroqueen

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bigamy trial in 1920's-1930's
« on: Sunday 24 June 07 19:19 BST (UK) »
Hello
can anyone please advise me on where to search for possible newspaper reports of a bigamy trial in 1920's-1930's family folk lore has it that a family member served 18months in Maidstone jail .
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Re: bigamy trial in 1920's-1930's
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 24 June 07 23:03 BST (UK) »
It might be worth checking out the Times digital archive if you have the names.

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Banks, Beer, Bowes, Castle, Cloak, Coachworth, Dixon, Farr, Golder, Graves, Hicks, Hogbin, Holmans, Marsh, Mummery, Nutting, Pierce, Rouse, Sawyer, Sharp, Snell, Willis: mostly in East Kent.
Ey, Sawyer: London
Evans: Ystradgynlais, Wales
Snell: Snettisham, Norfolk
Knight, Burgess, Ellis: Hampshire
Purdy: Ireland/Canada/Durham/Pennsylvania
McCann: Ireland
Morrow: Pennsylvania
Sparnon: any
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Re: bigamy trial in 1920's-1930's
« Reply #2 on: Monday 25 June 07 19:16 BST (UK) »
hello Bill
thankyou for replying to my message i will try to follow your advice
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aeroqueen

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Re: bigamy trial in 1920's-1930's
« Reply #3 on: Friday 26 June 09 13:05 BST (UK) »
Did you have any luck searching for a bigamous marriage/trial?  I also am having trouble locating information on a trial in around 1928?