TIRED OF LIFE AT TEN.
Frederick S-hoebridge, aged ten, a. schoolboy, of Hersham, was charged in. an English Qihldren’s Court recent--I.V wiflf attempting to commit suicide b3’ piacillg himself on the I'al'l'\va3' at Waltnn. Percy Weflstead, al2ot‘nnr 1103', sai dthe previous Friday e\'c1;i:1:: he saw the accused lie down with his head on the rails. Witness wont tcl" pull him away, and they strllgglcd,-the accuscd saying: “eLt me go; I “'31115 to die." Police .Supol-intendcnt 3./la.l~ shall said the accused boy llafl been? "committed to an indus’rl'ial‘school'ull- - he was fourteen, and‘ was allowed‘ out on license in March, returning to his mother. who had since died. The‘ boy \\.',--S ‘rcnlanded.
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Taihape Daily Times, 3 September 1919, Page 5
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110TIRED OF LIFE AT TEN. Taihape Daily Times, 3 September 1919, Page 5
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