ESCAPING FROM CUSTODY.
* A SERIOUS OFFENCE. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April 16. “ I regard the offence of escaping from custody as a serious one,” said the'magistrate, when a young man, Eric Steadman, who appeared in prison clothes, admitted escaping from Mount Crawford prison. Sub-inspector Lopdell said the accused was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment last July on a charge of vagrancy. He was working with a gang when he made good his escape and remained at liberty until arrested a day later. — . The magistrate sentenced the accused to a year’s imprisonment, to he served at the expiration of his present term.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21004, 17 April 1930, Page 7
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102ESCAPING FROM CUSTODY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21004, 17 April 1930, Page 7
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