SUICIDE IN CELL
SEQUEL TO DUINKIXG MOOT
(By Tale-graph -Press Association)
WELLINGTON. Docombei; 2H
\fr Salmon, S.M., hold a Coroner - inquiry re the deatli o<f James Par !intr, labourer, 3! years, in his cell at .Mo mt Crawford Prison.
The verdict was that deceased committed suicide by hanging himself.
The Coroner said no blame was at taehabie to any of the officers. Constable Lush deposed that defeased came to him in Lambton Qnaj ou Christmas Eve, and said he ban been drinking heavily for the past fortnight, and if he was not locked up he would commit suicide. He was taken to the. Central Police Station, and charged with helpless drunkenness and on Wednesday 'was remanded for medical observation.
The Superintendent Q'f Mount Crawford Prison said that no instructions had been received that deceased had shown signs of suicide tendencies, and he gave no indication that he would take his life. he was treated as an ordinary drunk, and placed in one of the regulation cells. Deceased hung himself from the bars by a piece of blanket.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1928, Page 5
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