SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.
OLD-AGE PENSIONER CHARGED. (Peb United Peess Association.) ASHBURTON, September 16. William Watts, an old ago pensioner, aged 76, who resided recently in a hut in the river bed. appeared before Mr E. Mosley, S.M., at the Ashburton Children s Court, charged on throe counts with committing an unnatural offence on boys, and, further, with attempting to commit suicide. The first three charges concerned boys whose ages ranged from nine to 11 years,
and were alleged to have been committed, on various dates in July and September. Accused pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial. On the charge of attempted suicide accused pleaded guilty. He said it was because of the unfair charges against him that he had “gone off his head, and had attempted to end his life.. Accused was found in bed in his cell at the police station on the morning of September 5 with Ins throat lacerated and his hands covered in blood. He admitted having clawed his throat with his fingers. . , , , Accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19897, 17 September 1926, Page 10
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