IS HE SANE.
SUIT AT BELFAST. DETENTION OF WEALTHY MAN. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT . . LONDON. June 14. At the request of Mr. W. Cosgrave (President of the Dail Ei realm), Mr Justice Brown and a- special iury are hearing a suit at Belfast, the first of its kmd ever heard in Ireland, in which John Connell, who was committed to an asvlum last July, seeks a declaretion that he is sane. U6B°nwf oll nf SO T i a «° inherited £6B o°o. of which £28,000 remains. „i, r ie , against the petition included that of a ticket-collector, who described how Connell, while joiiriieyan"b! lO lf P u ¥ m to Belfast, handed over dJ, P ld f U ° f "i 0 ' teS to ' Free Statei soldiers at .several stations, tellino- them to .drink his health. A hall porter a London hotel .stated t-hat P Connell v.'.nted him to paper the staircases with pound notes. LS
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 June 1924, Page 5
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152IS HE SANE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 June 1924, Page 5
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