Alternative charges under the Crimes Act and Justices of the Peace Act of making a false declaration to the secretary of the Trades and Labour Couu cm I for the purpose of obtaining extra relief pay brought against Albert James Birchfield were heard in the Supremo Court, Wellington. The accused was found not guilty on the first count and guilty on the second with a recommendation' to leniency. Air Justice Ostler said he could not understand the defence. It was no defence at all. It was an admission of crime that the defendant intended to mislead. On his own evidence the jury could do nothing but find him guilty. His Honour suggested that the jury could add a rider, which it did.
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Evening Star, Issue 21638, 6 February 1934, Page 13
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122Untitled Evening Star, Issue 21638, 6 February 1934, Page 13
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