There is a convict in. Dartmoor prison who does not want to leave. For 23 years he has been at the prison and a little while ago the chaplain- wanted to help forward his release. The man however did not wish it. For some time he has worked on the farm tending the horses, and he has become so fond of them that the world he left behind bo long ago has no attraction for him. \yiien the question of his release was raised, lie asked that he might have a. week s hr>hria.v to iri<n+ !.;_ _:_s. • then return U> the prison and to his farm work. That, of course, was impossible.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17933, 29 November 1923, Page 2
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