STRANGLED IN CELL
Man Who Was Arrested on Car Intoxication Charge SEQUEL TO COLLISION By Telegraph--Press Association, Te Awamutu, July 24. Arrested this morning on a charge of being intoxicated while in charge of a motor vehicle, John Snowden strangled himself in the police cells while awaiting an appearance in court. He is stated to have collided with a car driven by Mr. Bishop, a farmer of the district, at an early hour this morning, causing considerable damage to the vehicle. Snowden was accompanied by two other men and was returning from Hamilton to Te Kuiti. He was placed in the cells at Te Awamutu and was to have been charged under the Motor Vehicles Act this afternoon. When the police looked in the cell after lunch Snowden was dead, having tied a handkerchief in such a way as to cause strangulation. He is believed to come from Te Kuiti.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 256, 25 July 1936, Page 11
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150STRANGLED IN CELL Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 256, 25 July 1936, Page 11
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