ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Gisborne Times, 18 October 1906, Page 4

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

William Byrno, nn iroumouldor, was oh t>g. d t>< foio Mr Barter, 8.M., yoalor (Jay, with having (« ilin il h iiißtant attempt! d io commit ruicidt’. Aocu-od pleaded not guilty, ttatieg t hat ho did not i' tutmher tv ything of tbo maitir, as ho was under tho ii flurnoe ui bquorSusunah Hemic, wife of W. E. Hoarlo, tippled : I knew trio accused. I have known him in Wellington and Oisborno, I lived with Jloarlo ns man and wife- 1 saw him on the Osh inst. >t a house in Bright street, Gieborno, Ho camo So tbo homo and mkod to sto mo ; ho wub sober and not oxoited when he first camo So tt o housu. I tuid him I did nois want him, and ho refused to leave. Ho went away and brought hi) luggftgo to tbo houßOwhen I told him I did not want him. Ho took a r. zh from bis pocket and said ho would do away wish himself ; ho did not do it Shat time, aa my husband tutk the rtzor ft cm him ; ho wbb put of tbo home by my husband, and ho took a clasped kuifo from bis pocket. I saw him through the window trying to cut bio, throat yvith tbo clasped knife produced. Ho then bre k) the tv ndows of the house, and asked my husband for tlio rtizn'. I then tont for too police, and a constable camo. When ho used iho kuifo ho said ii was blunt ; bo was exoitrd at- tlmt time. If ho had not been prevent, d ho would have uouo him self hiiim. By His Worsivp : I think ncoused had the BDpoaraoco of taking liquor. By tbo Aooußod : I told him last Moo(lay week I had noi known you sober for two months. William Ho irlr, labomr, husband of foimor witness, t-tatod ; I havo seen iho pdsouer before, aud know him about a week I saw him cn the 9ih at Mrs Colbnurno’s houso in Bright airoet. I had a disagrormont with theacousod about my wf). LIo a.kod mt if I intended to givo her up, and I said no. Ho left for a few moments,’ and wo bad auotbsr argument on tho aame aubj oi. He then sa’dko was going away. He wont aa fir as tho door, turned round, pulled a razor out of hia pocket, and mads nn attempt to out hia throat. I took the n.z.r from him ; thou bo went outsido, went up !bo stress a few chiio?, came back aa far as the gate, and attempted to cut hia throat with the pock t kuifo (pioiuocd). Ho tbou said it wasnitebap enough, and ask;d mo to giva him tlio razor, I rofusoJ, and went iasido. Ho then camo fo tho window, end broka it; called mo some bad name?. Shortly after hs camo iuto tho house, wbon i tried io pacify him, and tho pokoo err ved and arrested him ; I saw him cut bis throat, it noi being more than a more sc atch.

By His Worship: Byrne waa to soma extent under tho infiaonoa of liquor, By tho accueed : I did not fell you " I’d lik? to sbo->t you ” ; I do ini rrmembsr saying, 11 Loavo tbo worn n with me onoihor night in po co.” Conatsblo Hugh Ohi'holm g ivo ovidenco rf a'rfisting accused ; ho was bleeding fiom a wound in tho throat, and also his hand was out, Noiihoc wound WO3 dangerous. Byrne said ho was very sorry ho bad not tho rezir. ns if ho had ho would have made a clean j b of it ; ho said tho girl had refused to marry him, Byrne unelt of drink, but was quito capablo of knowing what ho was doing.

Accused stated that ho did not rearmher anything about tbo occurrence; ho had been drinkiug for two or three months. Ho had no intention of getting rid of him-* self. Ho npponlod for a o'aanoo, and prom:sed not to do it again. Bymo said ho was wd iog to havo a prohibition order made out against him. His Worship said ho thought ncoused had been nuflicirntly punished for his silly set by bis wack’s impiisoumcnt, aud diachargrd him, at tho same time caudonir-g him that if ho wero brought bsfore Iho Boroh again ho would be puoishtd severely.

N Z. Govommont Veterinarian Approves Sykes’s Abortion Caro —When tha Government Yeterinarion endorses a preparation it means that if, is the best. Captain Young is the Govc-rntront Veterinarian in charge of Taranaki Provinoo-tbe largest dairying disnot ia tbo colony. This is what ho soys of Sykcß’s Animal Abortion Cure: “A mos» useful preparation in handy form with superior advantages over tabloids, for the prevention and cure o' nbortion, and one which I can rnfeiy recommend. —A. B. Young, M-K.C.V.S , Govt. Vet. in obargr of Taranaki Province.”

Cows which have abortod, or healthy animals whiob, after calving, retain the whclo-or part of tho altorbirlh, should first ba drenched with Sykes’s Dranoh. This alloys the fever ond purifies (he blood. Bold everywhere. Sykes'sDrineh la Cd- Sykes’s Animal Abortion Cure 2s 6d.