A GULL'S SUICIDE.
By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 10. The inquiry into the death of a fourteen-year-old girl, named-El zabeth Lucy Greenwood, who died at her father's residence at Pamnure, on April 29th, was held to-day. The evidence showed that during her father's absence from home the deceased took poison on 14th. This fact was discovered next day by her stepmother, who was in charge of the house. The deceased did not, in her stepmother's opinion, appear to be sufficiently ill to warrant medical aid being called m, and no doctor saw the girl until April 29th. She had then become very ill, and although restoratives were applied, she died within ten minutes after the doctor's arrival. It was stated that the deceased had been greatly disturbed by a severe cross-examination by a lawyer during her recent evidence in {lie Police Court in connection with a charge of assault that she dreaded undergoing another similar experience in the Supreme Court. < The jury returned a verdict of death by poisoning, self-adminis-tered, and expressed Jthe opinion that an error of judgment was committed in not sending for a doctor sooner.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3186, 11 May 1909, Page 5
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188A GULL'S SUICIDE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3186, 11 May 1909, Page 5
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