FORMALLY GUILTY.
I MAN'S SECOND MARRIAGE. CASK Kuii APPKAL COURT. Tbe jury found thai Thomas Clarence Carswe.il (Mr. Cooney) had gone through he form ot marriage a second time i„ jtho belief thai | lis divorce had been .made absolute, and that he was actinn,lll good faith. Witi, this answer in respect ot a charge of bigamy. the j„rv lat the Supremo Court yesterday afternoon returned venliets „f not -„j|tv |in connection with charges of ' inakin'" | false, declarations to the registrar o7 I marriages. Mr. Justice Herdman instructed them to return a verdict () f guilty on the bigamy charge. T|,j s wa s done, and ihe Crown I'roxvutor was directed to prepare a case for the Court of Appeal. The jury submitted a rider, expressing sympathy with accused in'-the unfortunate position in which he had been placed by his former solicitor." Larswell was admitted to bail on his own recognisance, sentence being deferred pending the decision of the Court of Appeal.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 30, 5 February 1925, Page 8
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