DUAL VOTING
MAN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. (By Telegraph. Press Association.) - GISBORNE, Monday. On a charge of dual voting at the general election, Frederick Valentine was to-day committed for trial. The defendant was a veterinary surgeon, who pleaded not guilty. The evidence showed that the marking of the rolls by poll clerks indicated that a person of accused’s 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 definite denial of plural voting. Accused was positive that he had not entered Whinray’s Hall. He was not interested in politics and had never attended a political meeting in New Zealand. The magistrate said there seemed to be an absence of motive on defendant’s part. At the same time he must hold that there was a case for a jury.
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Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3391, 22 December 1931, Page 5
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168DUAL VOTING Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3391, 22 December 1931, Page 5
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