Escaped Lunatic.
John Yorston escaped from the Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch, on the 21st ultimo. Description : About sixty years of age, 6 ft. high, stout build, sandy oomplexion, sandy beard and moustache ; limps slightly when walking; dressed in L A moleskin trousers marked white coat, tweed cap, blucher boots, and Asylum underclothing. Was formerly an inmate of the Seacliff Asylum.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXV, Issue 14, 3 July 1901, Page 155
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59Escaped Lunatic. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXV, Issue 14, 3 July 1901, Page 155
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