From Superintendent Wood to All Stations – Copy of message from Metro Police South Mimms. Escaped from custody charged with assault on Police John Newton age 30, 5 ft 6, complexion dark, a tramp, dark mixture coat, cord trousers, mixture cap, dark neckerchief, also Jack Smith alias Knobby Blowhard, age 41, 5 ft 6, stout build, dressed in dark clothes, black hard felt hat, often in company with Newton they were in company with a woman.
