Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

MARRYING TWO BROTHERS.

Mr. James Fenton Wells, aged 27, residing with his
mother, a lady of property, at 15, Osborne-terrace,
Clapham-road, London, was summoned, on Saturday, by
the officers of the parish of Limbeth, calling upon him to
show cause why he should not be ordered to maintain his
wife Marion, at present an inmate of the infirmary of the
parish. The proceedings were of considerable interest.
It appeared that in March, 1855, the before-mentioned
young lady, whose maiden name was Marion Maxwell,
was married at Kennington Church to Mr. John Blair
Wells, an elder brother of the defendant, who was by
profession an architect, and the parties lived together for
some time, but Mrs. Wells, after her first confinement.
became so severely rfflicted that it was found necessary-
to place her in Bethlehem Hospital. She remained there
for a twelvemonth, when the authorities of the hospital
wrote to her securities requiring that she should be
removed. Her husband refused to attend to the request,
and the present defendant, his brother, then went to the
hospital and removed her to his mother's house. She
expressed a wish to see her husband and child,
and an appointment was made by her husband to
meet him in the City, when he stated that she had no
claim upon him, for that he had been married in 1851
to another lady, and consequently his marriage with
her was illegal, and she was at perfect liberty to marry his
brother, who was very fond of her. Believing this re-
presentation, and at the persuasion cf the brother, she
married him at the registrar's office, at Lambeth. Upon
this an investigation was set on foot by their friends, and
it was discovered that Mrs. Wells had been legally
married to her first husband, but he had since that time
married again to a person named Ann Gored. A
warrant had been granted against the first husband,
John Blair Wells, but ho had managed to evade the
vigilance of the officer. Under these circumstances the
present proceedings were taken by the parish authorities.
The wife, an exceedingly good looking young woman, of
lady-like manners, and only nineteen years of age, was
called as a witness, and said it was under the belief that
the representations of her husband wt re correct that she
bad been induced to marry the defendant. The defendant
also stated that it was only upon the assurance of his
brother that he had been previously married, that he had
married Mrs Wells. The certificate of the registrar
was produced, in which the defendant was described as
a widower, and his intended wife as Marian Maxwell,
a,ed 20. It was also stated that the mother of the lady
Cad given her consent, and that there was no other
impediment to the marriage.—The magistrate said the
defendant had been guilty of making false representations
to the registrar, and the case must he remanded for
further inquiry.—The defendant was admitted to bail.

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