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  • He was going to tolchock the warder at slop-time and get out in the warder's platties.

    Where's the show? John Myles Aavedal 2010

  • Then, more faintly, he heard No. 402 hammering on his door in order to attract the warder's attention.

    Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

  • By the warder's solemn expression, Rubashov guessed at once where they were going.

    Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010

  • I spent days waiting with my colleagues outside his final place of imprisonment in a warder's house to glean nuggets of news from his visitors.

    Madiba Magic 2008

  • Chairman Dennis Bloem said the committee would call on the correctional services department to explain the warder's misconduct and also ask how it intended cracking down on this type of misbehaviour.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • In a message read on his behalf, Mandela said the one-time warder's house in the Victor Verster grounds where he spent his last 14 months in captivity had no "jangling keys, no doors to lock or unlock".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • This happened shortly after Mia bought the dagga, in the warder's presence, from fellow inmate Petrus Sekutoane; asked Sephaka to carry it for him; and paid Sephaka with a R10 note and the stolen half a chicken.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • The prisoner, 20, told the commission he was attacked and left for dead by the accused warder's friends after he refused to withdraw his complaint of sexual assault.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • The prisoner, jailed for armed robbery, had informed the prison head about the warder's proposal and a trap was laid, Mnweba said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • The trio rode comfortably in the warder's carriage through the wood - lands to the small clearing and the stone structure of St. Belfour.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

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