SERIOUS BIGAMY CASE
PRISONER SENTENCED TWO YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT “Bigamy may be a serious offence and it may be trivial. In your ease it is serious. You will be sentenced to imprisoment for two years.” With these few words Mr. Justice Reed disposed o< Francis William Smeetman this morning, sit the Auckland Supreme Court. Smeetman deserted his wife and three children, and according to the Bench he then went South and married a young girl and ruined her life. He was sent from Hamilton for sentence.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 271, 6 February 1928, Page 11
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85SERIOUS BIGAMY CASE Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 271, 6 February 1928, Page 11
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