FEARS NO PRISON
Courl-mnrtialled and sentenced to Dartmoor at the age of 20, but later found not guilty and released, Thomas Blake, 40-yoar-uld C'atford salesman: lias since been an important railway ullicial. ;i gaol-breaker in Canada, a passer of worthless cheques, a company promoter, and an ice rink manager. Ilis picturesque career was unfolded at Greenwich police court, when lie was sentenced to nine months’ hard labour for 20 cases of thofl Ivy li ickery. , “Prison holds no (errors for me," exclaimed Blake when he heard his sentence.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19985, 10 July 1939, Page 3
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88FEARS NO PRISON Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19985, 10 July 1939, Page 3
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