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Judge Pens lt;HOUSTON UP I - Slender, brown - eved Enola Cox finallymanaged to salvage something of a happy ending for herselfLate Wednesday there was no wedding march, nor was there any flowers in the chambers ofI Criminal Dist. Judge Sam Davis. :• But there were stars in Mrs. Cox'• eyes.She had just been re-married to• her former hushanci Robert G. k Cox, a husky 36-year-old former k Marine now working for a steelcompany, and father of her little- girl. j• • •Davis brushed aside for-1 malities to marry the couple in . his courtroom minutes after Mrs. Cox had been released from jail and given five years probation on a series of forgery cases and a theft case.'rhere had been a previous ' marriage for Mrs, Cox before she was married to Cox in 1955. She [ had another daughter, now 12, by } her former husband, but doesn't know where the older girl is now.1 Mr. and Mrs. Cox were divorc-i ed in 1957 and she told of struggling to support their baby. Cox. meantime, had gone to the vet-• erans hospital where he was un ? der treatment for nearly a year.Mrs Cox said her troubles piled f up until in January this year ^he ) stole a credit card and other . items, coming to a total of $232 83 f She was caught promptly, and pent the past four months in jail. .i • • •Wednesday Cox took the witness• -stand and told Davis:’ “I love her. judge. I want to . re-marry her. I'm getting on my feet again and I'll make a home 1 for her and the baby 'Cox also promised to pay backthe $232 to the people his wifeI had swindled.They so impressed Davis thathe used a little known provision in the law to waive the three-day waiting period and they were remarried within 30 minutes.» ;
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Amarillo Globe Times
Amarillo, Texas, US
Thu, May 19, 1960
Page 38
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