A SERIOUS OFFENCE.
SIGNING ELECTORAL FORMS. Wellington, Last Night. It is regarded as a serious offence for anyone to sign an electoral form for another person, or to witness a signature \vithout seeing it made by the person to whom it belongs. Alexander Houston was prosecuted for the first offence to-day and Woolf Phillips for the second. Houston was at his brother's place and made out two applications for registration, one for his brother John and the other for John’s wife. Next day, John took both forms to Phillips and he witnessed them. The prosecution admitted there was no fraudulent intent, but the parties had simply gone the wrong way about the matter. Such offences were serious, however, particularly now in view of the forthcoming elections. Fines of ten shillings were imposed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3845, 15 September 1928, Page 2
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132A SERIOUS OFFENCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3845, 15 September 1928, Page 2
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