WOMAN’S DESPERATE ACT
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. CHRISTCHURCH, December 8. Gertrude M'Conaghy, aged 27, a single woman, a domestic servant by occupation, was committed for trial by the magistrate (Mr E. D. Mosley) on charges of attempting to commit suicide and attempting to murder her four-year-old child on November 6 by drowning in the Avon. A witness gave evidence of seeing accused in the Avon with the child, which she seemed to be pushing towards the bank. He pulled both out. Accused said she had been driven to drowning herself by the man she was living with and his mother. Albert Francis Lee, at whose home accused had been staying, said he had never ill-treated her, but had spoken harshly to her at times. Lee’s mother said the girl often displayed bad temper. A letter, allegedly left by accused, and read in court, said: “I wish you all the best of luck with your lady love. Stick to her. Don’t treat her like you did me, Bubby, and I will not land in your life again.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 4057, 15 December 1931, Page 74
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