FIT OF REMORSE
FROLIC ENDED IN DEATH Besides being a chauffeur, Andrew Ness, aged 27, of Kensington, London, was a dance instructor. Without asking he permission of his employer, he went out in his car for a frolic, and wound up a night of enjoyment by gassing himself after an accident. The story was told at the inquest held by the Paddington, coroner, Mr Ingleby Oddie. Ness drove the car to the Albert Hall, where a police ball was taking place. At 3 a.m. he left with three friends in the car. Ness then collided with two taxi cabs, and damaged the ear. To a policeman he gave a false name. Later on Ness dumped the car in a turning hear his lodgings, went to his room and took his life. Mr Ingleby Oddie expressed the opinion that Ness acted in a fit of remorse, and recorded a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23707, 14 January 1939, Page 19
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155FIT OF REMORSE Otago Daily Times, Issue 23707, 14 January 1939, Page 19
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