Suicice as a Pleasure.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2998, 23 January 1901, Page 3

Suicice as a Pleasure.

A novel case ocuipied the attention o Mi' Plowden at Marylcbone I ho oilier (lay Before the ('curt w as a respei tatty die-: ,' ami apparently well educated clerk ( middle age. named Aston, who w as ehaig; ■ v,-itli being drunk and disorderly at Kde: wane road. The charge having lie:: proved, the prisoner said he had tint on. word to say in defence. lie had boa: raising all the money he could for the per pose of alcoholic prisoning.---Mr Plowden : Von mean to poison yourself.—Prisone: : Quite so, with spirits of some kind. .M Plowden/: Bui you would w ant a good de ■’ wouldn’t you? Couldn't yen poison youself with something more effective? seems to lie such a circuitous and labm iot: mode of destruction.-—Prisoner : I did thin! of the canal, but 1 was rather afraid. the cold water.--Mr Plowden: Vou pi a fei'reil death by whisky '! Prisoner : Mine young men robbed me of ill and a, wan; and iliain, so the constable took me in an took care of me.--Mr Plowden ; Italia r a: unfortunate experience. Vonr project I;; missed lire; you still live in spite ( every thing.—Prisoner : I have iven (bad ing very heavily the last month.—.Mr Plow den: Yes. 1 understand you want to pari with your life by the most favoinad means your purse could .suggest.-- Pin soiicr;! thought a bottle of whisky wouh du it, only I left it a little too lung,

: I don’t speak out of bravado or any y disrespect to the Court.—Mr Plowden: Itj mis something rove!. —Piisoner: It struck *me as being the most pleasant, sir.—Mr |to it. —Prisoner : Oh, yes, sir; during the «last two year’s I have, a great deal.—The! '4.Magistrate remanded him that he might be Mmedicallv examined.