The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1913-03-19 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE CASE OF ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  At the Borough Police Court on Mon-. day—before the Mayor (Alderman J. T. Thompson), Alderman T. S. Deakin and Alderman E. G. Mason—a boy. named John Magnus Davies. lA, Vincent-street.' was charged on remand with 'having attempted to commit., suicide by cutting his. throat with a knife. The lad, who appeared in the dock with his throat bandaged, had been .under.- remand for a week, being detained in- tilv Workhouag Infirmary for treatment and. for observation as-to his mental condition. The evidence given on Monday, the 10th inst.. showed thsit on the previous Sunday evening his mother. on returning from a walk, found kim icing on one of the beds with a cut in his-throat and •a knife beside him. No explanation of the act could be found. and the mother, in her evidence. said her son had never threatened to do anghing. of the kind. Monday last- Dr. Q. S. Stansfield, Medical Officer of the Workhouse, informed the Bench that, having had the prisoner under observation for a week, ha considered he was now of perfectly sound . mind. Be was certainly an a very different frame of mind from what he was a Sacred Concert at flottnt week ago, when he said "he would do it again if he had a chance." He had pro- Tabor. 'tamed that he would never do such -attains again. The mother was called forward. andebe, mbers of the Adult Bilge Clam of and sacred concert in the Mount. Tabor Chnzeh-riroadill,giveHiaghgre grand Tdrazi-lea in. gnawer to the Mayor, said that until mount Tells" two months ago.her son was a very sy—ae. P.M. Church. Holt boy. He had besg going to work. • 45n the mother undertaking to look well more. on Good Friday- The special ar; After him, and the prisoner himself Pra7.'tiebeintralereto:—S°3ldsreitabei, mltieues.lionAanT Taggart. 'Dial: not to do again anythilLu.....of ths Ben' Baker; bees, • Air. W. J. tenor, Mr: 'kind • bat done. the Bench Miss Louise C tam tit flif OA words of watziegm'crts,'..m.ti7B -forte C. . ayer. ; AM.' solo rielinist, Mira Mabel Turner. The el:ovules will 1). /Wen 1)7 on augment.. • .4 • , -ad climax. ler. 3- R. Lowe will conduct the • The Finest Display of Ditumensis,Jewel- .oftneert., The tan .will be wowed in. the lazy, and Siluet* ban be seen at Dimmer .-geheareamit ft...0%100c wed the eobeert sac ask lAL. Chnfab-s‘ Lbsepteel, jg ooingsbace at 7,10.  EC. Burk'hill, who went from Marketpace South to render assistance, ,leposeci to being :kicked by prisoner on the right cheek.  --PZoncr said he remembered nothing about it. He was not used to taking drink. He had never been in a Police Court before.. .  - Inspector irch said prisoner came from Belfast seven months ago. Nothing was known against him prior to this. The Mayor, who was on the Peach with Aldermen Mason and Deakin, laid to the prisoner: I am afraid you and others who come over here to Birkenhead are giving Birkenhead a rather bad name. We cannot allow tb.at.  _ --For being drunk and disorderly prisoner woo, fined iflos. and costs or 7 days, and for the. assault on P.C. Harrison. 208. and 00116 or 7 days-14 days altogether in deeattlt of paying.