A SMUGGLED LETTER.
GAOL WARDER'S .DISMISSAL.
For carrying letters to and from a prisoner at Wormwood Scrubs Prison, Edward William King, formerly a temporary warder, was fined 5s on each of wo summonses by the West- London
magistrate lately. King took a letter from a prisoner t< a friend. Later he carried a reply. He placed this reply, however, under the wrong man's pillow, and it was found by another warder. King was taken before the governor and dismissed. The letters referred to personal matters. - King said he was offered £1 to take the letters, and as ho was in debt ho accepted..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18879, 29 November 1924, Page 14 (Supplement)
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103A SMUGGLED LETTER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18879, 29 November 1924, Page 14 (Supplement)
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