JUMPED FROM TRAIN.
PRISONER'S ESCAPE. TWO YEARS' HARD LABOUR. William Henry Charles McKay, aged 29, who jumped'from a train at Mercer on August 5, when being brought to Auckland to serve a sentence of six months' imprisonment imposed upon him at Christchurch, had nothing to say when placed in the dock before Mr. Justico Herdman at the Supreme Court this morning. McKay came up. for sentence for escaping from lawful custody. His Honor, in sentencing McKay to two years' imprisonment with hard labour, remarked: "The police say you are a bad criminal, that there is nothing to be said in your favour, and you have been convicted on a number of occasions, commencing in May, 2921, since when you have continued your criminal career in this country." His Honor said McKay had finished up by staying at a well-known Christchurch hotel and posing as a naval commander, and he had also given it out that he was a doctor, and was to give a dinner to prominent citizens, including the Mayor of .Christchurch. He also let it be understood that he- was to be an anonymous donor of £6300.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 202, 28 August 1933, Page 9
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189JUMPED FROM TRAIN. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 202, 28 August 1933, Page 9
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