BORSTAL ESCAPEE FAILS TO ATTEND COURT
INVERCARGILL, May 21. "The prisoner cannot be found,” said the Crown Prosecutor (Mr H. J. Macalister) in the Supreme Court at Invercargill when Mr Justice Kennedy, ordered Stanley Wilfred Leigh to come forward to stand trial on a charge of attempting to escape from a Borstal institution. Leigh’s escape from the hospital at the institution ■took place overnight. It was discovered yesterday morning that he was missing, and it is thought he sawed through the bars on a window to get out. Previously the prisoner had concealed himself in a sump at the Borstal, and after dark had climbed on to the roof, where he was later found and placed in custody. It was in respect of this escapade that the accused was to appear in court foi' trial .
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Grey River Argus, 22 May 1947, Page 2
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