GAOL FOR ROBBER
SYDNEY, May 3. For having robbed a fellow prisoner in a police van, Peter Kelly, 22, barrowman, was .sentenced to two years’ hard labour by Judge Hill at Quarter Sessions yesterday. The man Kelly robbed is Charles J. Cragg, 63, military pensioner, of Albion Street, Surry Hills. Sergeant Allen said he was in charge of a patrol van on March 16th. ' i - * At 5.45 p.m. Cragg was' arrested for alleged drunkenness in Hay Street. At, 6.15 p.m. Kelly was arrested in Campbelll Street on a similar charge. Both men were put in one compartment of the van. At central Police Station I noticed that Kelly’s right hand was bound by a bloodstained handkerchief,”; said Sergeant Allen. “Cragg was severely cut about the face. “When Kelly was searched he had a registered letter, addressed to Cragg, a £1 note, some silver, a bad florin, a watch, and a nail file, all the property of Cragg.” Constable Manion, who was at, the back of the van, said he saw nothing happen in the vehicle, because he had to cover the ; van grill to prevent Kelly spitting > on him. Kelly’s police record showed 30 ( convictions, including throe of assault- I ing police and four of stealing. j
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1940, Page 8
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