BIGAMY AND FORGERY.
NO DECREE ABSOLUTE. - YOUNG' MAN'S OFFENCE. MARRIAGE BEFORE ' SENTENCE. [ay TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] - PALMERSTON NORTH. Wednesday. ,- : •' A', young . man, Bertie J Holdsworth, is .to be married' before next • Monday , for - the third, time prior,?to* receiving sentence at the hands of Mr. v Justice j Salmond • for | ■ bigamy,' making ; a false declaration,, and.) forgery.- •. ' . * i ~ Th©- circumstances as revealed i at \ th©, triali ' to-day were . that ; the accused, having had a previous marriage dissolved, Vint before the decree was made absolute, vfent through' a form of marriage with a young woman, and' tc satisfy the registrar, that he was - legally free to marry he forged : the signature :of a local lawyer to ja ..false statement that the decree had been made absolute. Counsel pleaded for Vsniency, saying that if there had been.' a short delay no offence ; would have been committed. ; -. • i The i Judge regarded v the ca?»i seriously. ; He .'agreed, however, that the marriage of the ; parties would influence his decision, : and sentence ' was deferred until Monday to enable the parties to get. 1 married, accused being released on bail. , ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 11
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183BIGAMY AND FORGERY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 11
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