TEN MINUTES IN GAOL.
WOMAN THIEF'S PENALTY.
One of the shortest sentences of imprisonment on record—ten minutes—was passed at the Tottenham Police Court lately on a young woman, who had been charged with stealing sheets and blankets from a house, and had been on remand for two weeks for medical examination. As she had already been in custody for some time tho njagistrate said he would order her to be kept in the cells only until the hands of the clock pointed to 12. It was then 10 minutes to 12.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18879, 29 November 1924, Page 2 (Supplement)
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91TEN MINUTES IN GAOL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18879, 29 November 1924, Page 2 (Supplement)
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