ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 261, 4 November 1890, Page 4

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Frederick David Joseph Huhtes t>£fc peered at the Police Court this morning be* fore Dr. J. Giles, KM., to answer to the charge of having unlawfully attempted to kill and murder himself my cutting fab throat with a razor. . . . r Mr H. Shortland appeared for the accused, and said he would admit that defen* i dant did cut himself, but not with intent to do himself serious injury. He asked that the accused should be bound over to keep the peace. Dr. Giles eaid that ho never could see tb* sense of binding a man to keep the peace in a case of this kind; besides, there was no lew -to warrant it. '■ A good deal depended upon the probability of the offence being repeated. : ." ' ' "• ' ;'.-,.' :;. •■'.'• .. 'j Sergeant-Major Pratt ew'f thet.the mafc was seen going home under the influence Of licruor; and when he.gpe. home he «|- ---lempted to/, cat his. throat, ami was pre-;, , :- '•".• *> ■■ i Cone table Abraham Hobeon deposed that on the morning o< the 30th of October ha received informatiod from Dr. MackeUar. that about 11 o'clock the previous nighthV ■was called in to attend Mr Hunter, who bad attempted to cut his throat. Hunter had 'since expressed sorrow for what he had , done. Defendant was a hard-working; man, who took a little drink occasionally* He did pot believe that defendant intended to hurt himself seriously. ; ',

DifeOiles asked: "If I discharge you noli; upon this charge, will you do it again!" ; Defendant replied: "No, sir! Ion! very sorry for what I have done." i Dr. Giles remarked that these cases were! always difficult to deal with. Sometime*' the judges dismissed the case at the,; Supreme.Court. This offence, appeared to have been the result of drink, and there' was no reason to apprehend that it would; occur again. He, would discharge the, accused in the hope that he would neve* drink again. < '•