S. G. Kingston

Strickland Gough Kingston (1848 – 3 Oktoba 1897), wanda galibi ake kiransa da sunan farko ko "Pat", fitaccen lauya ne a Kudancin Ostiraliya. Ya kasance ɗan'uwan Charles Kingston, wanda ya kasance Firayim Ministan Kudancin Ostiraliya daga 1893 zuwa 1899. Mai hazaka amma mai rashin kwanciyar hankali, ya mutu da hannunsa.

A tsakiyar watan Satumba na shekarar 1897, an ruwaito cewa Kingston yana da kwarin gwiwa game da nasarar da ya samu a shari'ar. Bai yi daidai ba lokacin da hukuncin ya tafi akasin haka, kuma an ruwaito cewa ya shiga cikin damuwa na ɗan lokaci. A farkon watan Oktoba na shekarar 1897, ya sami labarin cewa ɗaya daga cikin abokan cinikinsa ya janye daga shari'ar. Sai ya harbi kansa a zuciya da bindigar Martini-Henry a ofishinsa. Ya mutu jim kaɗan bayan haka. 

 Tarihi 
An haifi Kingston a Adelaide babban ɗan (daga baya Sir) George Kingston, wani mai binciken ƙasa, mai filaye kuma ɗan majalisa. Ya yi karatu a Cibiyar Ilimi ta Adelaide, inda aka ɗauke shi aiki, tare da ɗan'uwansa da (daga baya Dr.) Joseph Verco, ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibanta uku masu hazaka.  Shi ma ƙwararren ɗan wasa ne kuma ɗan wasa, yana da ƙwarewa a tseren nesa, tsalle, dambe da kuma filin ƙwallon ƙafa. Bayan ya bar makaranta ya sami aiki a Bankin Australasia ( Samuel Tomkinson shine manaja a lokacin), sannan ya yanke shawarar yin karatun lauya. Samuel Way ya ɗauke shi a matsayin magatakarda, sannan a shekarar 1876 aka ɗaga Way zuwa Babban Alkali na Kudancin Ostiraliya, aka mayar da rubuce-rubucensa ga Josiah Symon, abokin aikin Way.

An shigar da Kingston a mashaya a watan Afrilun 1879 [1] kuma ya haɗu da ɗan'uwansa a matsayin lauyoyi Kingston & Kingston, tare da ofisoshi a Eagle Chambers, Titin Pirie. Aikin ya yi nasara, amma ya ƙare ta hanyar wani wauta a ɓangaren (SG) Kingston: A ranar Lahadi 8 ga Yuni 1884 da misalin ƙarfe 4 na yamma Kingston, ɗauke da bindigar saloon a cikin jaka, ya hau [lower-alpha 1] da wani Patrick Guerrin ke sarrafawa, wanda ke sanye da hula mai tsayi "bisa ga tsarin Amurka".

An ɗauke shi ta titin Pirie har zuwa Hindmarsh Square lokacin da ya kai shi kan kansa don ya sanya harsashi a cikin "ƙafafun" direban motar, amma ko ta hanyar sakaci, maye ko (kamar yadda Kingston ya yi iƙirari) kwatsam, sai jirgin ya faɗi ƙasa ya kwana a kan Guerrin. Nan da nan direban ya kori Kingston, kuma da alama ya nemi kuɗi (watakila £1000, sannan £300) don guje wa tuhumar aikata laifi, wanda Kingston ya ƙi.  An tuhumi Kingston da laifi, an yanke masa hukunci kuma an daure shi na tsawon watanni shida,  masu shakka sun ruɗa shi, waɗanda suka annabta cewa, ta hanyar sana'arsa da alaƙarsa, za a yi masa rashin kulawa ta wata hanya. 

 Manazarta 
"Suicide of Mr. S. G. Kingston". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XXXIV, no. 10, 181. South Australia. 5 October 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 30 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.