ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT DEVONPORT.
*' ACCUSED IN COURT. » John McKay pleaded guilty in the Po-' ' 3 lice Court to-day before Mr." H.W. Brabant, SJM., to attempting suicide by eutt ting his throat at Devonport on January ;- 7th. c Dr. Bennett, house surgeon at the hospitalj, stated that McKay had been dae charged that morning. When admitted r he had a severe wound in the throat, c and was in a very serious condition,' r. owing to loss of blood. A chisel shaped cutting piece from a plane was produced, a and the doctor agreed that this could ° have caused the injury. ~ Frederick Jeavons, a young painter, d who was working at McKay's house, described how the accused was found lying in the ti-tree in a pool of blood , with his throat cut, and another work- / man stated that a week before this McKay told him that he was so depressed J? through money difficulties that he felt * led to commit suicide. a McKay, who appeared to be still Vβ? , , 3 weak, had. nothing to say in extenuation, and TTia Worship decided to reserve his i decision as to what should be dose wiib i Kirn. »
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 39, 15 February 1904, Page 4
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194ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT DEVONPORT. Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 39, 15 February 1904, Page 4
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