VIOLENT PRISONER
GAOL GOVERNOR ASSAULTED CORROSIVE FLUID THROWN [from ovr own correspondent] MELBOURNE. Feb. 14 A prisoner who had thrown a disinfectant fluid through the grating of his cell at the governor of the Hobart gaol, Colonel L. L. Mullen, on September 1, was sentenced in the Criminal Court at Hobart to be detained in prison at the Governor's pleasure. James Phillip Marshall, the prisoner, had been found guilty of a charge of assault. Evidence was given that Marshall had objected to being placed in a cell separate from the other prisoners. He banged on the doors and demanded to see the govornor. On tho governor's arrival with warders, Marshall addressed him abusively, and, stooping suddenly, flung the corrosive fluid at the governor. Some of .the liquid struck the governor on the back of the neck, while some also entered the eyes of the prisoner and affected them temporarily. Sir. Justice Crisp said that Marshall would be liberated only when he had satisfied tho authorities that he was a reformed character. Marshall gave notice of appeal.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22353, 26 February 1936, Page 16
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176VIOLENT PRISONER New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22353, 26 February 1936, Page 16
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