ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
A LEAP INTO THE HARBOUR.
[SI TELEGRAPH. association.] Dunedin, Thursday. About nine o'clock this morning Arthur Somerville, a young man who came from Middlemarch a few days ago, jumped from the wharf into the bay, having previously loaded his pockets with stones. He was rescued by a boatman and appeared in the Police Court later on to answer a charge of attempted suicide. The police stated that he had explained his rash conduct by stating that he could not sleep, had lost his will power, and had lost his religion. He was remanded for a week, during which time h> will be placed under medical observation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15055, 26 July 1912, Page 9
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108ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15055, 26 July 1912, Page 9
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