ESCAPE FROM PRISON
FURTHER TERM IMPOSED OTHER CHARGES TO FACE [BT TELF.CKAFIj —PRESS ASSOCIATION] <j !REYMOUTH, Tuesday In the Magistrate's Court, George Albert Wilson, nged 27, a labourer, pleaded guilty t1 a charge of being an incorrigible rogue, in that he escaped from the Greynjouth gaol on January JO. He was sen.titnced to three months' imprisonment, ;lo run concurrently with three months imposed in Christchurch last weel! for theft.
Wilson was njjlnaiided to appear a 1 Auckland on February 21 on a charge of breaking anjl entering a shop .at Hiintly, and thlfft of clothing to the value * of £7l! 1 . Detective-Sergeant Knight stated ofilier charges were pending against the accused in Auckland
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23272, 15 February 1939, Page 17
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113ESCAPE FROM PRISON New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23272, 15 February 1939, Page 17
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