AN ESCAPEE
AN INCORRIGIBLE ROGUE.
tßy Telegraph—Per Press Association)
WANGANUI, April 11
Roy Harris, who escaped from Hautu prison on February 20th. and who was arrested at Waverley on March 3rd., was before the court on
twenty-five charges, mainly ol theft and converting motor cars to his own use; also with escaping from custody and being an incorrigible rogue. On the latter charge he was sentenced to two years’ in addition, to the unexpired portion of the sentence already serving. Harris arrived in New Zealand when a youth. He received his first sentence in 1921, and has practically lived in prison ever since.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 April 1932, Page 6
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103AN ESCAPEE Hokitika Guardian, 11 April 1932, Page 6
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