155 Chetwynd Street

Sarah Emily Howarth Leach, a delicate looking woman, was charged at Essendon on Monday with committing bigamy. Accused, who was accommodated with a chair and wept at intervals during the hearing, pleaded guilty. James Leach, of 87 Chetwynd street, Nth. Melbourne, said: I was married to defendant at Radcliffe, England, on the 25th .November, 1890, by the Rev. Heber Marr, and I produce a copy of the church register. Defendant’s maiden name was Ramsbotham. We resided together at the above address until August 19, 1915. Defendant left me on that date, and I discovered later that she was living at Ascot Vale, and had been married to a man in that suburb. I informed the police, and a warrant was issued for her arrest. John I. Mudford, minister of the Church of Christ, Newmarket, and residing at Munro street, Ascot Vale, deposed that on 1st September, 1915, he celebrated a marriage between defendant and one Alexander James Westrop. The marriage was celebrated at 201 Epsom road, Ascot Vale, defendant giving her name as Sarah Smith, and describing herself as a spinster. Vera Jackson gave evidence to the effect that she was present at the Ascot Vale marriage, and signed the certificate as a witness.

MURRAY.— On the 1st January, at her late residence, No. 85 Chetwynd-street, North Melbourne, Susan Murray, the beloved mother of Mr. Thomas Murray, of South Melbourne, and Mrs. Anthony Gill, of Huntly, aged 81 years.