SENSATION IN COURT.
CONVICTED MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Received February 18, 12.30 a.m. | SYDNEY, February 17. A man, named David, against whom there were several convictions, including convictions in New Zealand, was charged with stealing at the Quarter Sessions Court. When the jury returned a verdict of "Guilty" David, exclaiming "I am innocent; I die an innocent man," drew a revolver and shot himself in the side, creating a sensation in the court. The judge animadverted on the care lessness of officials for not searching the man. The wound is not believed ! to be serious.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 974, 18 February 1910, Page 5
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94SENSATION IN COURT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 974, 18 February 1910, Page 5
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