AN ECCENTRIC WOMAN.
(EY TELEGRAPH. —PKESS ASSOCIATION.)
New Plymouth, this day. When the Oreki arrived from Wellington last evening it was discovered that a mad woman was on board. Her name was Sarah Ann Dorant, and she was a resident in Wellington, who had 'towed herself on board the steamer. When discovered on tho passage there was a crcat deal of excitement, as tho woman had tried to throw herself overboard. Sho took her clothes and boots off and pitched them overboard, and did many mad acts, so the captain ordoied her to be confined below. On arriving here the constable was sent for, and he had great difficulty in bringing the woman to New Plymouth. She was charged this morning at the Polico Courb with being a lunatic, and remanded for a medical examination.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 82, 8 April 1891, Page 8
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135AN ECCENTRIC WOMAN. Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 82, 8 April 1891, Page 8
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