SAVED FROM DEATH.
GRAFTON BRIDGE INCIDENT. MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Saved from death by passers-by on Friday, Frederick Sibbe, aged 62, bricklayer, pleaded guilty in the Police Court on Saturday to a charge of attempting to commit suicide by jumping over Grafton Bridge. "This man admits he took some liquor," said Senior-Sergeant McCarthy "He has been unable to get work for a little while and became depressed. He climbed up on the parapet of the bridge and Was just saved from committing suicide by passers-by. Nothing is known about him He is a good worker and has employment to go to." In order that accused might have an opportunity of "getting the drink out of his system" the magistrate, Mr. W. U MeKean, remanded him to appear for sentence to-day
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19799, 21 November 1927, Page 12
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