TOBACCO FOR PRISONERS
ILLEGAL DELIVERY Bv Telesrraph- Pre*.* Association CHRISTCHURCH. December 7. In the Police Court to-day Edwin Coupa Gorton was fined £2 and costs for delivering to prisoners in Puparna prison, a parcel containing tobacco, contrary to the regulations. The Magistrate said that he was afra 5 d a few' cases of this nnture were occurring, and, in future, they w'ould be dealt with severely. Tobacco given promiscuously was a danger to thj discipline cf the prison. If tobacco was smuggled in other things might be also smuggled in.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19667, 8 December 1933, Page 7
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90TOBACCO FOR PRISONERS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19667, 8 December 1933, Page 7
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