BIGAMY
MAN OF WEAK INTELLECT. Auckland, Nov. d. “1 quite believe that you are weak in mind, hut that has not prevented you from committing the crime of bigamy, and this is your second effort in that direction,” said 'Sir Alexander Herdman when Joseph James Groonoflc 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 liai'd labour. A few months after you got out of gaol you became acquainted with a young woman, deceived lieu - , and treated her most clrujelily. You will, now be sentenced to three years’ imprisonment with hai'd labour.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4527, 6 November 1930, Page 2
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108BIGAMY Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4527, 6 November 1930, Page 2
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