REOPENING OF ARSON CASE IS PERMITTED.
CCUSED IS TAKING DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS. Per Press Association. NELSON,. July 29. In connection with the case in which James Giles was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for inciting Arnold James Giles, his son, to commit arson at Auckland, the Magistrate allowed the case to be reopened. It was stated on behalf of accused that there was an extenuating circumstance. His motive was not to make money' out of the fire, but to get his •wife out of the house. Accused was at present taking divorce proceedings against his wife. Accused was a good workman, and would be taken back into his old employment when he had served his sentence. The Magistrate said he had reconsidered the case, and had decided to confirm the previous sentence. The offence was a serious one, and if the instructions of the letter had been carried out the blame would have been put on the son. (A report of the trial appears on
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19134, 29 July 1930, Page 9
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164REOPENING OF ARSON CASE IS PERMITTED. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19134, 29 July 1930, Page 9
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