BALLAD OF READING GAOL.
A 74-year-old Irishman, at Reading, was accused of stealing a bicycle, and spent his remand time composing poetry. He read the following verse to the' magistrate: — I am poor Michael Devanev, of no fixed a bode, Either in prison or else on the road. I walk "round the country and steal what I can, Own up to my faults like a true Irishman. Here in the court at Reading to-day: LWber«Jn~a shori^timo-I-cajmofc-gajj.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 273, 17 November 1936, Page 5
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76BALLAD OF READING GAOL. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 273, 17 November 1936, Page 5
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