A DRAMATIC INCIDENT
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.
Phillip Grimshaw Hamilton, a.dairy| farmer, aged 62, did not appear when his name was called in the Magistrate's Court ths morning. He was dead. • ■■,»,, "I ask that the case be struck out, said the police prosecutor (Sergeant R. Henry). A nod from the Magistrate (Mr. E. C. L'evvey) indicated that the application was granted. Behind these terse proceedings lay a tragedy. Hamilton had been found hanging from a rafter at his home in Waimairi Road. A constable was called to the house at 9 o'clock this morning and removed.the body.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1937, Page 4
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99A DRAMATIC INCIDENT Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1937, Page 4
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