DUAL VOTING ALLEGED
ACCUSED COMMITTED FOR TRIAL CONFESSION OF DRINKING (Per United Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, Dec. 8. Arising out of his conduct on the day of the general parliamentary elections, a New Plymouth elector, Percy Allen, a labourer, appeared in court to-day charged with dual voting. He pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial. The accused in a statement to the police said he had been drinking heavily all day prior to the election and again on the morning of election day, and had no recollection of voting twice or whether he had voted at all. The rest of the day was a blank to him. The Returning Officer gave evidence that votes in Allen's name were recorded at two booths, and this evidence was supported by that of polling clerks.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23678, 9 December 1938, Page 6
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133DUAL VOTING ALLEGED Otago Daily Times, Issue 23678, 9 December 1938, Page 6
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