Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Wednesday 19 December 1951, page 1


GAOL ESCAPEE RECAPTURED

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.

Maxwell Carl Skinner, 23, who escaped from Pentridge Gaol on November 18, was re-captured in a Fitzroy hotel to-day.

Skinner's escape from Pent-ridge was his fourth gaol break.

He was serving sentences for car stealing and escaping from

custody.

He declared that no prison

would hold him.