FORGERY IN PRISON
CONVICTS OPERATIONS EXPOSED (Received July 31, 9 a.m.) LONDON, July 30. Police unearthed an astounding forgery of pound notes by convicts in Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight. A convict employed in a studio where incoming prisoners were photographed stole a lens, plates, and sensitised paper with which he forged notes in the prison workshop and smuggled them out with the assistance of a prison employee, who was not a convict. Several notes were passed in local shops. A search of the cells revealed! bundles of notes. i
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19390731.2.79
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 26, 31 July 1939, Page 9
Word Count
90FORGERY IN PRISON Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 26, 31 July 1939, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in