ORIGIN OF "BLACK MARIA"
The expression “Black Maria” with application to a prison-van originated in America over GO years ago. A big negro woman called Maria Lee kept a seamen’s lodging-house in Boston. The men were usually unruly, Tnd Maria was often called upon to teip to get them under lock and key.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 8
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53ORIGIN OF "BLACK MARIA" Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 8
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