MARRIAGE OR HARD LABOUR.
ALTERNATIVE OFFERED TO A PRISONER. Six months'." hard labour or marriage were the ,alternativeß offered to Aaron Cresawell, a young miner, at the Nottinghamshire November Assizes, by Mr Justice Bucknell. Cresswall was charged with forging a form purporting to come from the father of nis sweetheart consenting to lier marriage. In the witness box the girl cheerfully confessed that she helped her lover to prepare the - forged dooument. "I wrote father's name,' and he signed for. a witness,".-she said. Since the magisterial hearing the couple had been living together, and under those circumstances, the judge was informed, the father had withdrawn hi a objections. The judge, addressing the girl, said, "Are you»willing the reply beii'g in the affirmative. The judge said to the prisoner: "If I did: not see njv way clear to help you to do the right thing by this girl I should give you six months' hard labour. I shall postpone howeverj until next assizes, and the judge will pass that sentence if you do not keep your promise." - The couple left the Court* together, apparently quite happy.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14390, 4 January 1911, Page 7
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185MARRIAGE OR HARD LABOUR. Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14390, 4 January 1911, Page 7
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