At Penrith (N.S.W.) a man was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment for attempted suicide. First he had attempted to take bis life by forcing one end of a pick down his throat. A constable found him in the railway yard at Springwood, and the man endeavored to throw himself before the engine of an approaching train. On the vay to the lock-up he produced * ’** nail from his pocker. .. .arge CoPsideraH'” ~ unu inflicted a wound in his neck, and cuting the night, while in his cell, he was found with a rope, made out of ui.s blanket, round his neck, and trying to get the other end through the window btu's to bang bimseji.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 327, 30 January 1902, Page 1
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