LOVE UNREQUITED
YOUTH ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
GETS SIX MONTHS’ REFORMATIVE DETENTION BY Telegraph.—Pfiiws association. Gisborne, Novemebr 29.“The accused is a resident of Auckland, and liad fallen violently in love with a girl up there. She ..did not return his affections, but came to Gisborne, and he followed and went to see her. She was busy at. tlie tiine and refused to see him, whereupon he slashed his wrist with a razor,” said Sergeant Fitzpatrick in. outlining, the case against a youth 19 years of age, charged in the Magistrate’s Court this morning with attempted suicide. The accused had since written- from the hospital - threatening suicide, and the medical superintendent had ' refused to take further .responsibility, -, - The accused said that the letter was merely a bluff. He saw .-his mistake now, and would make no further attempt. | . ' The. Magistrate said that he. _ could not accept his word, and in view of what had happened he would commit him to a reformative institution for six months. The suppression of his name was ordered.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 56, 30 November 1926, Page 10
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170LOVE UNREQUITED Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 56, 30 November 1926, Page 10
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