“ Here the registrar is, indeed, made a person of importance, for it is not sufficient that one well known to the parties themselves should give the proposed certificate, which should seem to be all that is requisite—no, it is essential that the person should be known by the registrar! ”

“ In other words, no person shall marry unless they have some mutual friend known to the registrar, and who shall appear personally before the registrar at the time appointed to give the proposed certificate. ”