MOUNT EDEN TROUBLE
111 Prisoners Before Visiting Justice ALL ENTER GUILTY PLEAS By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, April 30. In batches of four or five, 111 prisoners concerned la the disturbances at Mount Eden prison on Anzac Day and Tuesday were brought before the visiting justice, Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., tills afternoon and charged with breaches of the regulations. Although all . the men entered pleas of guilty, the hearing of the cases occupied about two hours. There were two charges against each man, one in respect of Anzac Day and one as a result of the trouble on Tuesday. All the prisoners were charged with disobeying orders. Each man was fined a small sum on one charge and convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon on the other.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 183, 1 May 1936, Page 6
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132MOUNT EDEN TROUBLE Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 183, 1 May 1936, Page 6
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