THREE DAYS ON HARD DIET

NZ Truth, Issue 1228, 13 June 1929, Page 10

THREE DAYS ON HARD DIET

Bread and Water For Dating Escapee (From "N.Z: Truth's" Wellington Rep.) ■.■■•. Escapes from prisons m the Do- :: mirilon are of rare occurrence, but , ■; there are few on record as brazen as the recent attempt of a young . Borstal detainee, Frank Socking- ■ ton, to escape from Mt. Crawford Prison. I '■"' '"'■':■ •;-. : ■ COCKINGTON, who is a heavily-built youth of 19, was recently sentenced to two years' detention at a Borstal institution for breaking and entering, at Woodville. ' ' p He was being held at Mount. Crawford until a convenient opportunity j -arose to transport him to a Borstal in- ■' Stitutipn. : - .;;:; ,/ ' . ; ■ .Whilst with others under the car,e of 'a' warder, he attempted, almost ;urider the very eyes of the prison official, to escape by .scaling down a pipe fixed to the side of the wall. • His weight proved too much for the frail support, which broke, throwing Sockington back into the / . prison yard. : v,, : •', He later 'appeared before ■ Mr. B. Page, ' S.M., . bharged with attempting to escape from Mt. Cr^yford ' Prisoni • To Mr; Page, tjie; -superintendent of the prison (Mr. J. Downs)' suggested that a spell, of bread and water might be --for the prisoner's benefit as he seemed to view his . imprisonment lightly., ■■■■.:■ ..,'. ■■:: ' " ' ■.. . "■;-The .magistrate, agreed with this view an<i ordered Sockirigton to be put on bread., and water'-for three days. : Wood's Great Peppermint Cure .For Children's Hacking Cough.?