“TO GET WIFE OUT”
SON ASKED TO BURN HOUSE
FATHER GIVES REASON’S
fßv Telegraph—Press Association.) NELSON, July @9. Tn 'conne'et'i'On wlLt'h the e.asfe in which Jaimes Giles was sente need _to two ni'Onlt'hs ’ im|p , r'i.sJo , n'm'en't for in,citing Ar.nolcr Jaimes Giles, his son, to ■eosnftnit arson, at Auckdand, the magistrate allowed: the .case to be reopened. It wiai« stated o-m behalf of the a'ecuscd that there 1 were extenuating' olrrcuinstances ■ 'His mo'tiive w.ate not to mlak'e mtonev .out of the fire but to get his wife "out. of the house. iGi'les was ait present taking divorce proceedings against his wife. 'Giles was « good workman and .would be taken back into bis old employmen t when be haul served hits sentence. , . . ~ The nvagiisfiiin-te 'said he ba'd reconsidered the case and decided to .confirm the previous l sentence. The offence (whs a serious one and if the instructions of the letter had been .carried/ lout the blame would have been put on the son.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 30 July 1930, Page 9
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