ESCAPEE IN DOG-BOX
LEFT TO SEE SICK MOTHER ANOTHER 12 MONTHS’ GAOL Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. The escapee from Waikune Prison Camp, James Alexander Scorringe, who travelled to Wellington in the dog-box of a railway van on July 21, was dealt with today. It appears that he was employed in a position of trust at Waikune, working about motor-cars and machinery, and was allowed more liberty than other prisoners. Counsel pleaded that Scorringe's sole idea was to come to Wellington to see his sick mother, and then give himself up. Scorringe's father appealed to the court to deal with his son as leniently as possible. Mr. E. Page, S.M., however, said he was not able to look leniently upon the offence. Scorringe had a substantial list of previous convictions, some for serious offences. He sentenced him to 12 months’ hard labour, to be served at the expiration of his existing term.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1042, 5 August 1930, Page 1
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