PUT POISON IN TEACUPS.
DRUNKEN MAN'S ACTION.
SERIOUS CHARGE DISMISSED.
GREYMOUTH, Monday,
Charges of having attempted to murder his wife by poisoning, of having attempted to commit suicide, and of attempted to cause annoyance and injury to Irene Margaret Bernhard and Elizabeth Ruane, by administering poison, were made against Francis Joseph Ruane, in the Police Court today.
Accused pleaded guilty to the charge of having attempted to commit suicide.
• Accused's wife gave evidence that her husband, when intoxicated, placed the poison in two cups just when tea was being prepared. He also took a teaspoonful himself.
The Government analyst's report showed that the quantity of poison placed in the cups was not sufficient to cause death.
The magistrate held that a jury would not convict on the attempted murder charge in view of the quantity of poison being much less than would prove fatal. Therefore he dismissed that charge. On the other charges accused was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon, to report each month to the police and to take out a prohibition order.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 25, 31 January 1928, Page 3
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