HOKITIKA.
Saturday.
A man named James Cox was brought before the Besident Magistrate to-day, charged with attempting to poison a barmaid, at the Boyal George He lei, named Sarah Jacobs. He bought twelve grains of strychnine yesterday from Williams, the chemist, alleging that he wanted it for a farmer in the country. He went into the side room md asked the girl to hive a drink. The girl had a gless 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 to the wharf, where he jumped into the river. A boat was immediately sent to his rescue, and the man was brought out and lodged in custody. Cox is about 50 years of age, and Jacobs is eighteen. He had been paying his addresses to her, and had got her own and her father's con-, sent to their marriage, but her brother had recently objected to the alliance. The girl was unable to attend at the Court to-day, and the case was remanded for a week.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2949, 29 July 1878, Page 2
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201HOKITIKA. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2949, 29 July 1878, Page 2
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