VAGRANT INTENDED TO DIE
ANNIVERSARY OF WIFE’S DEATH,
By Telegraph—Press Association. Marton, Aug. !<• ■? When William Thomas Boyce, aged 65, with no fixed address, was charge this morning with vagrancy, the po ice stated that when accused was arrested he had in his possession a quantity of acid which he intended to take. . Ho had lost his wife 23 years ago in Queensland. His. plan was to retire o the rear of a shop in the main stree > swallow the acid, and then expire on t e shop front at the exact hour of his wife’s death. t . Boyce, who is down and out, is being cared for by a local clergyman. He was ordered to come up for sentence when .called upon. ' ■ ' '
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1929, Page 8
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