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Drunkenness in the Salt Lake Herald: 1880-1900

Tries Suicide in Court

Item

Title
Tries Suicide in Court
Source
Evening World
Date
20-Feb-20
page
2
Identifier
Image 2 of The evening world (New York, N.Y.), February 20, 1920, (Final Edition) | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
Crime
Murder
Subject
Suicide, court
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged murderer
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
Court
Length of story
63 words
Description
Plymouth, Mass., Feb. 20. -- John Arsenti, found guilty to-day of murder in the second degree for killing Frank gentill at Brockton on July 17 last at-tempted suicide in the court room. He dashed his head against the railing of the prisoner's dock when life imprisonment was imposed and later butted the wall of an ante-room to which he was removed. He will recover.