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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3296, 15 July 1879, Page 2

Thk Auckland Star says:—"By a verdict of 'Not guilty' returned in one case at the Supreme Court this week the public have been spared a shocking tragedy. One of the accused placed on trial, who had before been held in high esteem as an honest industrious member of the community, felt the disgrace of the charge against him so keenly that before surrendering to his bail he bad provided himself with a packet of strychnine*. It is. not customary to search prisoners out on bail until they are convicted, but this is done immediately after removal from the dock. It was the firm resolution of the unhappy man in this case to have swallowed the potent poison the moment the Verdict was returned, and the quantity was so large that its operation must have almost been instantaneous. Happily he was spared further trial and restored to a better frame of mind by the declaration of his complete innocence, arrived at by twelve of his countrymen after a careful consideration of the evidence. Nevertheless, the dreadful ordeal through which he has passed and die awful suspense with which, having formed such a resolution, he awaited the deliverance of tue juvy must be stamped in burning lines upon his memory."

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