EX-CONVICT'S DESPAIR.
FRIENDLESS AND USELESS.
NOT ALLOWED TO DIE.
A. and N.Z. -• ■■ LONDON. Nov. 19. Arthur Gray, an ex-convict, who was sentenced at Derby to three months' hard labour for failing to notify the police of his change of address, declared. "I'd sell i my soul to God, man, or devil, to get out of the country. lam homeless,, friendj less, and useless. I have tried suicide in gaol because I would; have no prospects when released. ' I slit my veins, but the prison doctor pulled me round. They'll allow me neither to die nor to live." The Court missioner suggested that in view of unemployment convicts should not be liberated before their full sentence expired.:. .'.'; ■.•..,■• ■ ';■-. ._ r : ■■ .-*-: ; ../;;'■•, ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18562, 21 November 1923, Page 9
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