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DRAGGED FROM RIVER

WOMAN AND CHILD

SEQUEL IN COURT

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.

Gertrude M'Conaghy (27), single, a domestic servant, was committed for trial by the Magistrate, Mr. Mosley, to-day on charges o£ attempting to commit suicide and attempting to murder her four-year-old son on 26th November by drowning in the Avon River. ,

A witness gave evidence of seeing the accused in the Avon with a child which she seemed to be pushing towards the bank. He pulled both out. The accused' said she had been driven to drowning herself by a man she' was living with and his mother. Albert Francis Lee, at whose home tho accused had been staying, said he never ill-treated her, but had spoken harshly to her at times.

Lee's mother said the girl often displayed bad temper. A letter,, allegedly left by the accused and read in Court, said: "I wish you all the best of luck with your lady love. Stick to her. Don't treat her like you did me, Bubby and I will not land in your life-again."

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Bibliographic details

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 138, 8 December 1931, Page 8

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DRAGGED FROM RIVER Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 138, 8 December 1931, Page 8

DRAGGED FROM RIVER Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 138, 8 December 1931, Page 8