A BIGAMIST
HIS SECOND CRIME. (By Telegraph—Press Association). AUCKLAND, November 4. “I quite believe that you are weak in mind, but that has not prevented you from committieng the crime of bigamy, and this is your second effort in that direct'on,” .said Mr Justice Herd man, when Joseph James Groonotte came before him for sentence in the Supreme Court. “You were convicted before of bigamy, and sentenced on that occasion to two years’ imprisonment with hard labour. A few months after you got out of gaol, you became acquainted with a young woman, deceived her and treated her most cruelly You will now be sentenced to three years’ imprisonment with hard labour.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1930, Page 2
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112A BIGAMIST Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1930, Page 2
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