.. Melancholy /Case of Suicide.—■ On Friday a melancholy case of suicide occurred in town. * A person named David M'Millan, an old resident in Wellington, hung himself froma rafter in the house in which he was living. From the evidence which was given at the inquest, hejdjon, Saturday, there can be hq doubt that,the unfortunate man destroyed himself during an attack of. delirium, tremens* < It is said that, not long ago he came, in* for h large sum of money and has since been addicted to excessive drinking, which, since Christmas, he has carried to such an extent as to have been frequently out of his mind; -The jury at^thainquest returned a verdiet thatfthe deceased had committed suicide, whentin a temporary fit .of insamty, brought on by, N,. Z. Advertiser.
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 3, 21 January 1867, Page 15
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129Page 15 Advertisements Column 1 Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 3, 21 January 1867, Page 15
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