LOVE AND GAOL
AN UNUSUAL PLEA. George Bryan, 22, who pleaded guilty at, Darlinghurst Sessions, Sydney,. to’ a charge of attempted house-breaking, asked Judge Armstrong to send him to Pa.rraimat.ta gaol in order that the woman he loved might be able to see him- He was sentenced to a year’e hard labour, and His Honour recommended that, the sentence be served in Parramatta gaol. Mr Kinkcad, for the prisoner, said he had been out of work during the past few months. Ho called at a liose Bay house, trying to obtain work as a gardener, but the occupants were away, and he attempted to enter- He then realised what, a. fool he was, and left. Starvation was staring him in the face, and his object was to obtain food for the woman and himself. Bryan had numerous convictions, and it was stated that he had been in trouble since he was nine years of age. •
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 10213, 25 October 1929, Page 4
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