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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 302, 21 December 1931, Page 12

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rOBKTR SOLZCZTOB CHARGED. NEW PLYMOUTH, Dec. 21. The preliminary hearing of a charge of theft of trust moneys against George Grey, a former solicitor of New Plymouth, opened today. There are nine informations, involving more than £4OSB, and 27 witnesses for the prosecution. ALLEGED DUAL VOTING. GISBORNE, December 21. A charge of dual voting at the general election was preferred in the Magistrate’s Court against Frederick Valentine, a veterinary surgeon. Evidence showed that the marking of rolls by the poll clerks indicated that a person of this name voted at the Masonic Hall in the morning and at Whinray’s Hall in the afternoon. When interviewed by the police, Valentine stated that he had no recollection of voting at the latter place. Evidence was given identifying him as having been at the booth and voting. The defence was a denial of plural voting. Accused was positive that he had not entered Whinray’s Hall. The Magistrate held that there was a case for the jury. Accused pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial.