MATCHES FOR PRISONERS.
♦_ TWO MONTHS' HARD LABOUR. [BY TELEGRAPH.— association.] Dtjnedin, Friday. In the Police Court this morning, John Ed-ward Cowan was charged with having left a packet containing matches in the prison yard for prisoners. For the prosecution, it was explained that accused went to the gaol to see a prisoner, but, as he was under the influence of liquor, was ordered off the premises. He was seen later making signals to the upper windows of the gaol, and search disclosed a package of matches marked for a particular prisoner. Accused had served a sentence previously. The magistrate sentenced him to two months' hard labour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15748, 24 October 1914, Page 5
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106MATCHES FOR PRISONERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15748, 24 October 1914, Page 5
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