DEFENCE THAT FAILED
AGGRAVATION OF OFFENCE
(By Telesraph—Press Association.)
, CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
Because at his trial on a charge of indecent assault he went into the witness box and denied the circumstances alleged against him Leonard Keith Aldridge sacrificed his chance of being admitted to probation and was sentenced by his Honour Mr. Justice Northcroft to three months' imprisonment with hard labour.
"Had it not been for the manner in which you presented your defence," said his. Honour to the prisoner, "I might have extended to you the benefits of probation, though it would have been an extreme case. However, the jury held, and rightly, that you added perjury to your offence^"
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 27, 31 July 1936, Page 16
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112DEFENCE THAT FAILED Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 27, 31 July 1936, Page 16
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