Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer – Wednesday 04 March 1931

Courts In Brief.

False Declaration For Marriage.

At Doncaster yesterday Horace Arnold, miner, of Great Houghton, was fined £25 or three months’ imprisonment for making a false declaration under the Marriage Act.

Defendant was married in January, 1930. In February this year he arranged to marry another woman, and with her went to the clergymen at Thurnscoe and Bolton. He signed a document that he was a batchelor.

The day before the date fixed for the marriage the girl found that defendant was married.

Leeds Mercury – Wednesday 04 March 1931

Saved From Bigamy.

Girl’s Discovery on the Eve of the Wedding.

At Doncaster, yesterday, Horace Arnold, miner, Great Houghton, was fined £25 or three months on a charge of making a false declaration under the Marriage Act.

Mr. W. L. Crawford, prosecuting, said that Arnold was married on January 18. 1950, Rose Lomax in the name of Orace Arnall. About September last year he met Eva Clarkson, of Bolton-on-Dearne, and they arranged to married on February 14, 1931. They went to see clergymen at Thurnscoe and Bolton, Arnold signing a document that was a bachelor.

On the day before the date fixed for the marriage the girl received information, went to Wombwell, and found Arnold’s wife.