MUTINY IN GAOL.
QUELLED BY WARDERS. ATTEMPT TO AID CONVICT. (BY CABLE—press association—coptbight.) (ACSTBAUAff AKD N.Z, CABZ.K ASSOCIATION.) (Received March 7th, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 7. Thinking that one of their comrades had been maltreated by warders, 100 prisoners mutinied at Parramatta gaol, and attacked the warders, but when evidence was forthcoming that the man was not knocked about the outbreak subsided. There waß a dangerous outlook for a time, but the firm attitude of the warders quelled the disturbance.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18634, 8 March 1926, Page 9
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