Newpapers: ROBERTS Sentencing, 1929: Northampton Co., VA 

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Northampton Co., VAGenWeb Archives, Newspaper Articles 
     Sentencing of Harry W. ROBERTS, 19 Sep 1929 

Virginian Sentenced on Bigamy Charges 
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Harry W. Roberts Given Two 
 Years in Maryland Peniten- 
   tiary After Conviction 
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  Salisbury,  Md.,  Sep.  19.-(AP)- 
Harry W. Roberts, of Eastville, Va., said to be a member of a prominent family 
in the Old Dominion, was sentenced to two years in the Maryland penitentiary 
after pleading guilty to an indictment charging bigamy today. 
  An indictment against him charging perjury growing out of statements he made 
while obtaining a license for his second marriage here was not prosecuted 
after sentence had been passed on the bigamy count. 
  Roberts was married to Mabel Elizabeth Hemming at his home in Eastville in 
1913.  In December of 1927 he married Anna Elmira Wilson of Salisbury while 
his first marriage was still in force.  During their honeymoon, Roberts was 
arrested on a charge of passing worthless checks and was confined in an 
institution for treatment of mental diseases at Marion, Va., from which he 
escaped. 
  He was unheard from until several weeks ago when he was arrested in 
Wilmington, Del.  The indictments had been returned against him by the 
Wicomico county grand jury in the interim. 
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"Daily Press," Newport News, Virginia 
Vol. XXXIV, No. 220, Sep. 20, 1929. 
Page 1 

[HEMMING, ROBERTS, WILSON]