SENTENCE REDUCED.
MAN WHO VOTED TWICE
(By Telegraph.— Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The Court of Appeal reduced to one month's imprisonment the sentence of eix months' imprisonment imposed by Mr. Justice Heed at New.Plymouth last month on Percy Allen for the offence of dual voting. .'••.. The Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, said that, speaking for himself, ne regarded the offence as a serious one. One could quite see that in a closely-contested election a few cases of dual voting could be a very serious thing for the candidates and. for the country. Apart from that, Parliamentary elections must be kept clean. ' However, it appeared that the case was one where the offender was, under the influence of liqour. '' ■ • ' '' ' ''''■-' ■"
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 62, 15 March 1939, Page 7
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