ALLEGED DUAL VOTING.
ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. (rasss . AssociATioa tzlec:au.) GISBOTINE. December 21. ; A charge of dual voting at the general election was preferred in the Magistrate's Court against Frederick Valentine, a veterinary surgeon. Evidence showed that the marking of rolls by the poll clerks indicated that a person of this name voted at the Masonic Hall in the morning, and at. Whinray's Hall in the afternoon. When interviewed bv the police, Valentine stated that he had no recollection of voting at the latter place. Evidence was given identifying him as having been at the, booth and voting. The defence was a denial of pliinil voting. Accused whs positive that ho had ljot entered Whinray's Hall. The Magistrate held that there was a case for the jury.« Accused pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20426, 22 December 1931, Page 4
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