THIEF'S BRAVERY.
EARNS RELEASE FROM GAOL,
LONDON, December 17,
A thief's rescue of a boy from drowning in a Birmingham canal has resulted in the remission of the remainder of his sentence. The Royal Humane Socicty awarded the rescuer its diploma, but when it tried to deliver this award found that the man was in gaol for having stolen coal. The Chief Constable was so struck with the details of the prisoner's plucky action that he wrote to the Home Secretary, who asseiitcd to a request that tlie' man should be released. The Birmingham police are now trying to find him a job. i
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 303, 23 December 1933, Page 9
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104THIEF'S BRAVERY. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 303, 23 December 1933, Page 9
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