Bernard Garth Rigby

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Young Man Sentenced (1938)

Bernard Garth Rigby (20) was sentenced to imprisonment for six months by Mr. Justice Hutchins in the Criminal Court at Launceston yesterday when he was charged with having indecently assaulted a girl.

He pleaded guilty. Two other charges relating to the same offence were withdrawn.

Mr. H. J. Solomon (Tinning, Propsting, Masters, and Solomon), with Mr. D. M. Chambers, appeared for the Crown, and Mr. T. Shields, K.C. (Shields, Heritage, Stackhouse, and Martin) was for the defence.

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25804227
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page1854588
APA citation
Young Man Sentenced. (1940, May 23). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved August 4, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25804227
MLA citation
"Young Man Sentenced." The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) 23 May 1940: 10. Web. 4 Aug 2015 ≤http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25804227>.
Harvard/Australian citation
1940 'Young Man Sentenced.', The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), 23 May, p. 10, viewed 4 August, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25804227
Wikipedia citation
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