WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
discovery by husband.
A verdict of suicide while deceased was in a state of ill-health and not responsible for her actions was returned by the coroner, Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., at the inquest held yesterday into the death of Mrs. Anastasia Snellgar, aged 42, who was found dead at her homo in Upper Vincent Street, early yesterday morning. Deceased left two children, aged 19 and 13 years. Evidence was given by deceased's husband, Henry Snellgar, that he saw' deceased for the last time on the previous evening. She was missing from hor bed at 5.30 in the morning, and was found lying on a settee in the kitchen. Deceased had been practically confined to her bed for the past, two years, and had been depressed lately on account of the state of her healthr
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20407, 8 November 1929, Page 17
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