ADVERTISED HER OWN FUNERAL.
GIRL PLEADS FEAR OF A YOUNG MAN.
Dunedin, Nov. 19,
An extraordinary story was told in the Lawrence Court to-day, when Ethel Margaret Fahey, aged 20, pleaded guilty to sending to a newspaper for publication notice of her death, knowing the same to be untrue. The girl’s statement to the police was that her purpose was to lead a young man in Dunedin to believe that she was dead, this man, she averred, having writ-' ten threatening to “do for her” if she did not resume 'acquaintance with him. She denied that the advertisement had been inserted to mislead her Dunedin creditors. Her advertisement announced that the funeral would be from .Milton and the burial at Anderson’s Bay. The sexton telephoned the undertakers at Milton, pointing out that he had no instruction to dig' the grave. The Magistrate, Mr. Dixon, ordered the girl to come up for sentence if called upon, remarking that she was not well educated and was apparently not aware of the seriousness of her action.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4533, 20 November 1930, Page 4
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173ADVERTISED HER OWN FUNERAL. Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4533, 20 November 1930, Page 4
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