Show INNOCENCE IS PROVED I AFTER 15 JAIL TER TERM Accused Man Convinces Court He JS Is No Is-No 2 Father of of Girls Girl's Child 1 MAIDSTONE Kent Feb 22 UP Fifteen times Umes during durin the I l t t tj years John James Smith has been sent to prison l lEach 1 of f i It pr Each time he be was as charged w with th being the father a a. bab babl and refusing to pay toward its its upkeep Each time he Innocence and andr refused to fo pay Today the stigma was removed from his name nam and his accuser Sophie Batchelor 21 was vas sentenced to prison for lor six y years She w was found guilty of fal falsely ely testifying that she hc had not been with a married man Stanl Stanley y Wakeley on various arlow d dates tes thus ob laming the paternity order against Smith It In 1930 Smith a young carpenter and Miss Batchelor w were we're re walking out together He proposed mt marriage ge gein In 1931 and the banns banna were put up Later Smith canceled the banns bann The Tn irl and her parents haled Smith 10 Ocourt court and he W was adjudged father o- o othe the child despite his de nials He lie w was s ordered to pay 10 shillings hll about a week until the child chUd was 14 Although he WItS was able to pay pay Smith refused on 11 17 sub sub- Sequent appearances in court 2 Three times fri friends put up tiP ba baon out outon of money to keep him on 15 occasions h he was t l length terms of In th the original trial the she lie had been with tied man while she the was wu Smith The discovery of I lw ltd W toP graph of a wedding group she was lying I |