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SELF-CONFESSED TSHEF. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. (Australian and N-Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 14, 5.5 p.ni. LONDON, October 13. John Richards Westley, a farmer, was charged in the Stratford Court, on his own confession, with stealing £(iOU, belonging to the Adelaide Soldiers' Land Settlements. Accused, who had a revolver in iiis possession, was also charged witli attempted suicide. He had fired three rounds at his head, but as he was drunk, the :ihots were not effective. Accused was iemanded.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14776, 15 October 1921, Page 5
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79MISAPPROPRIATED £6OO Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14776, 15 October 1921, Page 5
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