FOR THE THIRD TIME
PRISONER AWAITING SENTENCE TO MARRY
By .Per - --5 Palmerston North, May 7. A young man, Bertie Holdsworth, is to be married before next Monday for the third time prior to receiving the sentence of Mr. Justice Salmond for bigtimv, Dinking a false declaration, and forgery. The circumstances, as revealed at the trial to-dav, were that accused, having had his'previous marriage dissolved, but before the decree was made absolute, went through the form of marriage with a young woman, and to satisfy the Registrar that he was legally free to marry forged the signature of a local lawyer to a false statement that the decree bad been made absolute. Counsel pleaded for leniency, saying that if there had been a short delay no offence would have been committed, but His Honour regarded the case seriously. He agreed, however, that the marriage of the parties would influence his decision, and sentence was deferred till Monday to enable the parties to get married. Accused was released on bail.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 191, 8 May 1924, Page 6
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