“Weak in Mind”
BUT COMMITS BIGAMY MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS. (Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, Last Night. “T quite believe that you are weak in mind, but that has not preventea you from committing the crime ot bigamy and this is your second effort in that direction,” said Mr Justice Herdman, when Joseph James Groonottc came before him for sentence in the Supreme Court.
“You were convicted before of bigamy, and sentenced on that occasion to two years’ ‘imprisonment with hard labour. A few months after you got out of gaol you became acquainted with a young woman, deceived her, and treated her most cruelly. You will now be sentenced to three years’ imprisonment with hard labour.’ ’
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 129, 5 November 1930, Page 5
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