AN UNUSUAL CASE.
CHARGE OF DECEIVING THE
STATIST! (TAN
Dannevirke, Yesterday
A somewhat imnsusil ease was heard before Mr Dyer, S.M., in which .Sydney AT. Mead was (-harued with wilfully deceivin'/' (he Government' Statistician respecting the number of his children. Mead (ii'si gave the number as three, and subsequently four. Investigations elieite<l the fact that he had three legitimate (diildren and one illegitimate child. Regarding the lastnamed, the defendant aliened it had been taken by his wife (o be brought up as (he twin brother of her last born child, both legitimate and illegitimate ha vine 1 arrived about the same time. Defendant, however, was not supporting- his wife and three legitimate children, but was now living with another woman. He had now been put into Class A of the Second Division. Tie contended that he had acted in all good faith, being of opinion (hat (he illegitimate child had been legally adopted. Tie was lined £lO, in default (wo months' imprisonment'. The Magistrate informed defendant that he was living like a beast.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1883, 28 September 1918, Page 3
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173AN UNUSUAL CASE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1883, 28 September 1918, Page 3
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