Child bride and husband
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Child bride and husband

Associated Press · January 1, 1960

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Circuit Judge Robert L. Floyd upheld the juvenile court decree that took pretty, 15-year-old child-bride Janet Winthrop (left) from her husband Melvin Cook (right) and restored her to her parents. Judge Floyd castigated Cook about his past but after the hearing Janet declared emphatically, "I still love him."

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