A WASTED LIFE.
1 1 II ft "™ OLD MAN’S SIXTH ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. AUCKLAND, Last Night. Unusual circumstances surrounded the admission to the public h9spital recently of an old man, James Craig Cummings 74, who was charged in the Police Court to-day tor the sixth time since 1907 with attempted suicide. , Sergeant Calwell said accused had no money and no friends. He had led a wasted life and was making his twentieth appearance in Court. His record included mostly convictions for drunkenness and offences arising out of drunkenness. He had already served two sentences each of six months’ imprisonment for attempting to take his life. Accused spent his 1 last penny in purchasing a bottle of poison, said Sergeant Calwell, went to the hospital and swallowed the contents and then walked inside to die. The Magistrate (Mr Poynton) said it was useless allowing accused his liberty and he would be fetter under supervision. He would be sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 August 1925, Page 3
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161A WASTED LIFE. Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 August 1925, Page 3
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