PRISONER RECAPTURED
RECOGNISED IN HOUSE WHEN SEEKING CUP OF TEA
CrSWS 4SBOCIATIO* miaOBAX.) WELLINGTON, February 26. After being at liberty for a few hours, a prisoner, William Charles Norman, who was committed for trial at Otaki, and escaped from custody while travelling by train from Otaki to Wellington yesterday morning, was recaptured and brought to Wellington, where he will appear before the Supreme Court. t Norman was recognised at Paekakariki, and the police were notified. He went into a Paekakariki resident's house with a request for a cup of tea, and was recognised by a visiting insurance salesman.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22338, 28 February 1938, Page 16
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