ESCAPE OF A PRISONER AT CHRISTCHURCH.
• £bt telsgbaph] \ Ch&istchubch, June 16. I Pot Mm* weeks past a man named Xongmore has been ia custody in conneei tioiwjjthsorae of the recent burglaries, / but'nsx Been remandsd again and again / to give the police time to catch the man | who fired at Mr Deans, and who is also |. suspected. This morning he was taken I to the B-M. Court for another hearing, m and left in the room where prisoners are ] usually placed, a coistable standing on ' fuard outside the door. The windows . were, all •pen, but mis never seems to f haw been thought of. Longmore, who *• van old hand, calmly lifted one up, hopped over the adjoining fence, and was clear before hi* escape was noticed. In . consequence of JLongmore's escape, the . ease, which has already been adjourned font or five times, was adjourned once j dene, the prisoner at 4 o'clock not having [^ .feecjk recaptured. (
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 1, 17 June 1882, Page 3
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155ESCAPE OF A PRISONER AT CHRISTCHURCH. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 1, 17 June 1882, Page 3
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