ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE
YOUNG MAN CHARGED IN COURT (United Press Association) DANNEVIRKE, April 18. Having volunteered for overseas service and been rejected, jilted by his girl friend and having received white feathers, a young man wrote to the police at Carterton stating that he intended to commit suicide, and that a young lady in Dannevirke would be able to tell them where to find his body. Later, a man who had been working in the district was found in Dannevirke groaning and obviously in pain. At the Public Hospital it was found that he had swallowed a quantity of eyewash. Charged in Court with attempting to commit suicide, the defendant was convicted and discharged and ordered to leave the district, being informed by the Magistrate that his trouble was one of environment.
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Southland Times, Issue 24105, 19 April 1940, Page 8
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133ATTEMPT TO COMMIT SUICIDE Southland Times, Issue 24105, 19 April 1940, Page 8
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