Died in the cells [court report, 12 December 1916]

[Editor: This article, regarding a death in police custody, was published in The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld.), 12 December 1916.]

Died in the cells.

Included in the list of persons charged in the City Police Court on Monday was the name of Robert Craig, aged 47, a gardener.

On Craig’s name being called Subinspector Fraser informed the presiding magistrate, Mr. H. L. Archdall, that he had died in the watchhouse at 5 a.m. to-day.

Craig was in custody on a charge of drunkenness.

Source:
The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld.), 12 December 1916, p. 2