Plea bargaining
On 17 June 1908, Thomas Smyrna Seymour plead guilty at the Circuit Court at Kalgoorlie to two counts of uttering after he tried to make use of two forged five pound cheques. Seymour asked the judge for leniency, stating that he came from a good family and had saved the State a good deal of money by pleading guilty. The judge asked if he was the same Thomas Seymour who had previously been convicted of false pretences. Seymor confirmed that he was, but said his downfall was all due to drink. The judge remarked that it might be better for him if he was kept away from it (by a prison term). Seymour responded that he hoped it would not be long. The judge then sentenced him to two years on each charge, but, at Seymour’s request, made the sentences concurrent.
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