DOMINION ITEMS.
SERIES OF CHEQUE FRAUDS
(By Telegraph—Press Association).
DUNEDIN, Oct. 27
Herbert Rollinson • and Harry Vincent, the young men who pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of obtaining money by valueless cheques at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Oaniaru and Dunedin, were to-day granted probation for two years, terms of restitution to be arranged.
MENTAL HOSPITAL TRAGEDY
NELSON, October 27. An inquiry into the, death of a Nelson Mental Hospital patient, a young boy, who died as the result of being given a drink of formalin by a fellow boy patient, aged 13 years, concluded at the hospital to-day. The Coroner’s verdict was that deceased died from shock, caused through poisoning, by drinking formalin, which was administered to him by a mental patient with intent to kill. The said mental patient was not responsible for bis actions by reason of insanity. The fact that he was able to gain access to the formalin was due to exceptional circumstanced, and not to the negligence of any person. '
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1928, Page 6
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165DOMINION ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1928, Page 6
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