DARING PRISON BREAK
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WEJ-LINGTQN, May 1§, Jesse liines;, an ^ineri3a;n seaman, espaped at 8 .3.0 -i*'c.lock Wais morning from tlie -Wit.ako Prison, ■yrentHam, whare he * 's,ervihg fwelye months' ,r.efprimative detention' fpr hovsejreaking. Dr.essed in • prispn clothes — whit.e trpusers, grey .cpat a,nd whitp hat— .he made pff in fche direction of "Wellingto'n. Hines is 32,- of slim, huild and about 5 ft. 11 ins.., with sallow ^.omplexion, dark brown hair and b'lue eyes. Strong -police forces were quickly mread out over ' -the Upper .Hutt, Lower Hutt and'Island Bay areas as soon as t-he escape -was 'repdrtd. The crirne for which he was lentenced was committed at Island Bay. Hines was sentenced *y Mr. Justioe d&hnstdn ■ in. the Supreme Court, Wellington, on August 14 last. In passing" sentence, His Honaur said it was very ' desirable .that Hines should be returned to the United Btates, where' it app.ear.ed he had feeen conyicted on varipus occasiojis for burglary.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 May 1947, Page 5
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162DARING PRISON BREAK Chronicle (Levin), 15 May 1947, Page 5
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