AUSTRALIAN ESCAPER
Arrest Made In Rotorua (N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, October 5. A man who escaped from a Melbourne prison. Maurice James Watson, aged 33, was arrested by Auckland and Rotorua detectives at the Waipa State Mill, Rotorua, about 11.30 last night. Watson escaped from Melbourne’s Pentridge Gaol last January while serving a sixmonth sentence for demanding money by menaces. Recaptured soon after, he was sentenced to three years’ gaol for the escape. He appealed and on the day of his appeal escaped from the
Recaptured soon after, he was sentenced to three years’ gaol for the escape. He appealed and on the day of his appeal escaped from the
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29637, 6 October 1961, Page 3
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110AUSTRALIAN ESCAPER Press, Volume C, Issue 29637, 6 October 1961, Page 3
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