SUPREME COURT.
ACQUITTAL GRANTED. Per Press Association. BLENHEIM, Nov. 20. In the Supreme Court to-day Charles Galloway, charged with bigamy, was acquitted. Evidence was adduced that in April last accused went through a form of marriage at Wellington with a widow named Harriett Stevens. In 1922 at Blenheim he had married a supposed widow, Elizabeth Robson.
The evidence showed that Robson, the husband of accused’s first wife, went to the war and had never been heard of since, but she thought she recognised him in a newspaper reproduction of a photograph of a soldier named Robinson who was killed at the front. The defence argued that there was no evidence to show that Robson was dead and, therefore, accused’s first marriage was invalid and the second marriage was not bigamy. The jury acquitted accused.
CHARGES OF ROBBERY. Per Press Association. HAMILTON, Nov. 20. Charges of breaking and entering the store of Veda Cole at Tokoroa on September 13 and stealing groceries and clothing to the value of £65, were preferred in the Supreme Court at Hamilton against Frederick Harvey McGregor and Colin Yeatman. McGregor pleaded not guilty; Yeatman pleacled guilty and was remanded for sentence. The jury, after a brief retirement, returned a verdict of guilty against McGregor.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 9
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208SUPREME COURT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 21 November 1934, Page 9
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