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.