POISON TAKEN
MARRIED WOMAN’S DEATH SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION. An inquest to inquire into the circumstances surrounding tho death of Margaret Wallace, a married woman, aged 46. who died at the Wellington Hospital as a result of having taken poison, was held at the Magistrate’s Court, before the coroner, Mr W. G. Riddell, S.M., yesterday. John Alexander Wallace, husband of deceased, stated that his wife had *been suffering from fits of depression since the death of her daughter about five years ago. She was in good spirits last Friday morning, and prepared breakfast as usual. Deceased went into town, and came back some time later. She went upstairs, and later came down and called out that she had taken poison. Witness thought she was joking, but she said that it was perfectly true. A doctor was called in, and he ordered Mrs Wallace to be taken to the hospital. Dr Morton stated that death was due to Mrs Wallace having taken poison. The coroner’s finding was that Mrs Wallace died as the result of drinking a poisonous fluid, self-administered, while in a state or depression.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12617, 30 November 1926, Page 6
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184POISON TAKEN New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12617, 30 November 1926, Page 6
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