THIRTY YEARS IN GAOL
JUDGE ADDS ANOTHER FIVE
By Telegraph.—Press Association.
Auckland, Sept. 2. “Your record as a prisoner is one of the most remarkable that has ever come before me,” said Mr. Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court, when Robert Slade appeared for sentence, haying pleaded guilty to chargee of breaking, entering and "theft, being unlawfully on premises at night, and having housebreaking implements in his possession. Counsel for Slade said the prisoner was 67 years of age, 30 of which had been spent in gaol. He had come from Australia and, finding it difficult to obtain lawful employment, he reverted to crime.
The judge said Slade started his criminal record in Melbourne in 1890. He was a much travelled criminal, a kind of cosmopolitan burglar. He had operated in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, St. Helena and Durban. Then he came to New Zealand. Accused was sentenced to five years ’hard labour.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1929, Page 16
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