A DRINK MANIAC.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8060, 6 March 1906, Page 2

A DRINK MANIAC.

; BISJIAMI)EL) FOK KXAMINj ATI ON, PJili VltliSS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, March 5, , illium -Phillip#, 11 youug married hum, was brought before Mr Kettle, !>.M,, al ihe Police Court this morning, charged with drunkenness imd at. tempted suicide. Accused, upon wlioso throat wan visible u slight soar a* the result of his act, was arrested by Couslublu Cox under somewhat dramatic circumstances. Mrs Phillips, Lis wife, had been obliged to seek police pro* lectiou earlier in the day against tho tiolcuee of her husband, and the constable was standing talking to her on the verandah of accused'n residence, when lie was observed to be approachmg 011 the other side of tho street and ' slop wilhm the shadow of the building immediately opposite. Th« constable

l! L ' ro,is<,(l tlw road (o speak to liini, kit , when not more thai, half-way over, • saw something glitter i„ t ] lc mall 'j _ The constable wrested away . 'he razor, with which Phillips was _ swing at his own throat, and piuioutd , 111* anus, and afterwards' took him to _ the police slation. On (lie wav Phil- _ lips expressed his intention of doing the work completely next time. The wound was so trilling that medical aid was unnecessary. Sergeant Hendry saiil the accused, who was a good work, man and earned good money as a jeweller, was addictedjgreatly to driul, aud when under the influence of liquor, lie was accustomed lo treat his wife ill the most fiendish manner. His Worship suggested that the man should be remanded for a week in order that W might he medically examined, as it, seemed incredible that anyone eoulil have so persistently acted as accused had, unless there were some mental deficiency. |To this the sergeant agreed and Phillips, who hud throughout maintained an unmoved demeanour ZSr** " "" « * "'»■<