GUILTY OF BIGAMY
NINE MONTHS HARD LABOUR (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, October 21. Nine months’ hard labour was the sentence impised by Mr Justice Callao this morning on John Janies Lawrence Richardson, a seaman, who admitted a charge of bigamy. Counsel said that the accused went through the ceremony out of sympathy for the woman. His Honor said that the desertion of bis first wife before coming to New Zealand made a cruel and callous story.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22708, 22 October 1935, Page 11
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