DARTMOOR RIOTS.
CONVICT’S ADMISSION. “I am not sorry for anything; I will do the same in the event of another mutiny,” wrote convict Cosgrave, in a statement read at the Magistrate’s Court at Princetown, which was inquiring into the Dartmoor prison mutiny. Cosgrave admitted starting the fire in the governor’s office, also restarting it after two officers had partially quenched it. “I liad reasons for starting the fire which I will disclose later,” he added. “I tried to save Warden Kelly, and told the others to keep their hands off the officers. I don’t, want favours. lam entitled to punishment with the others.” Major Pannall gave evidence that some 14 or 10 convicts, including some removed from Dartmoor on March 23, had been punished by visiting justices.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 119, 20 April 1932, Page 7
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127DARTMOOR RIOTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 119, 20 April 1932, Page 7
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