THREE YEARS IN GAOL
BURGLARY AND ESCAPING FROM CUSTODY. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, December 14. Roy George Cudby was sentenced by Mr Justice Smith to-day on five charges, including burglaries and escaping from custody. His counsel said he had been in hospital for eye trouble, but by escaping he had deprived himself of the necessary treatment and in consequence had lost the sight of his left eye. Since his escape he had been married. The judge said that if prisoner, after his marriage, had intended to live honestly he would not have broken out into a burst of crime. He was sentenced to three years with hard labour, cumulative on the present sentence.
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Southland Times, Issue 21578, 16 December 1931, Page 6
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114THREE YEARS IN GAOL Southland Times, Issue 21578, 16 December 1931, Page 6
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