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(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 28,
William Hughes, aged 17, who on Tuesday was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment at the Supreme Court, made a daring escape today from the Terrace Prison. By* the direction of the Court he had been kept apart from the other prisoners, and this afternoon while engaged in some cleaning work in the yard he scaled the prison wall at a point where such a feat was' considered impossible. He got clear off and is still at largo.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8149, 24 November 1905, Page 7
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