A PRECOCIOUS CHILD.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. An extraordinary case came before Mr. W. G. Kiddell, S.M., to-day. An eleven-year-old boy pleaded guilty to a charge of having attempted to commit suicide on September 15. On the date mentioned the boy took umbrage at being corrected by his mother for a misdemeanour at the dinner table. Shortly afterwards he was found practically unconscious, hanging in an outhouse. Standing on a box, he had tied a rope to a rafter, adjusted the noose to his neck, and then kicked the box from under him. A considerable time elapsed before he was out of danger. The Magistrate cautioned the lad and discharged kim.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 107, 21 September 1912, Page 5
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115A PRECOCIOUS CHILD. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 107, 21 September 1912, Page 5
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