>From Bristol Mercury and Daily Post ( Bristol, England ), Saturday, January 1, 1881; Issue 10182. SINGULAR ALLEGED BIGAMY. - William Walter COX , a tradesman, was charged at the Reading Police-court on Friday, with bigamy. The first wedding was at Oxford in 1874, but the parties did not live happily together, and the prisoner came to Reading. His master dying, he married the widow and succeeded to the business. The defence set up was that the ceremony was not legal, as the ring was of brass and not of gold. The magistrates, after remarking that it did not matter of what metal the ring was made, committed the prisoner for trial. NOT connected to our research, but we have checked FreeBMD & his 1st marriage was possibly to Emma WALKER June 1874 Oxford 3a 938.