ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT POISONING.
e Hokitika, July 27. A man iinmod James Cox was brought before the Resident Magistrate to-day, charged with attempting' to poison a barmaid, at the .Royal George Hotel, named Sarah Jacobs. He bought twelve grains of strychnine yesterday from Mr. Williams, chemist, alleging that he wanted it for a farmer in the country. Ho went into a side room, and asked the girl to have a drink. The girl had a glass of port wine, and when her back was turned, Cox put in the strychnine. She immediately became ill, and screamed. A doctor was sent for, and the girl vomited for some time before and after the doctor arrived. Cox left the hotel and went t< the wharf, where he jumped into tin river. A boat was immediately sent to the rescue, and the man brought out an' ; lodged in custody. Oox is about fifty ye;irs of age, and Miss Jacobs is eighteen. He had been paying his addresses to her, and had got her own and father's consen l to the marriage, but her brother had recently objected to the alliance. The girl was unable to attend at Court to-day, and the case was rem uided for a week.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 718, 29 July 1878, Page 2
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205ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT POISONING. Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 718, 29 July 1878, Page 2
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