THREE WEEKS IN GAOL
(0.C.) THAMES, Tuesday A charge of being on enclosed premises without lawful excuse was admitted by a native, Jack Thompson, before justices at Thames. Accused pleaded not guilty to a charge of resisting arrest, He was sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment on the first charge and to one week, concurrent with the first term, on the second count Constable J. G. Williamson gave evidence that at the request of the matron of a private hospital he searched the grounds and found accused hiding under a shrub. Accused made a wild dash at witness when reel nested to stand up. Witness threw him but accused struggled and had to be held down until a taxi came. He struggled all the way to the police station in the taxi.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24132, 26 November 1941, Page 5
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