Egmore Police Court: 30th June (Before Mr. W. E. Clarke): The Case against Capt. Murison, R.A.M.C.: Capt. Murison, of the Royal Army Medical Corp., who was this morning discharged from the General Hospital, was prosecuted by the Police under Section of the Indian Penal Code for attempting to commit suicide at the Connemara Hotel on the 7th instant by cutting his throat with a razor. The first witness examined for the prosecution was Mr. F. H. D. Pinsent, Manager of the Connemara Hotel, who deposed that the accused occupied room No. 7 in the second floor at the hotel. On the 7th idem the private servant of the accused went to, and informed the witness that his master had cut his throat. Witness sent word forthwith to Col. H. D Cook, I.M.S., who was staying in the hotel, and communicated with the Police. On going to the accused’s room, the witness saw him in bed covered with blood and there was a razor lying on the floor, with the blade Open. Sabapathy, a dressing boy in the service of the accused, and Mr. B. Fussel the Bar man of the hotel, corroborated Mr. Pinsent’s evidence. Colonel H. D. Cook, I. M. S., deposed that he attended to the accused on the morning of the 7th instant, on being sent for by Mr. Pinsent, the Manager. The accused was lying in bed saturated with blood and there was a razor on the floor. There was a deep wound in the neck and the wind-pipe was cut. The wound must have been caused by the razor before the Court, which was found in the room at the time. He dressed the wound and sent the accused on to the General Hospital accompanied by an Assistant Surgeon. The wound, judging from its appearance, was certainly self-inflicted. His Worship framed a charge against the accused under Section 305 of the I. P. C., to which the accused pleaded guilty. He had nothing further to say in respect to the charge. His Worship remarked that if he sent the accused to Jail during the present hot weather it might probably impair his health, especially as he was still in a weak condition. The offence committed, however, was a grave one and it was regrettable that a man of the accused’s position should have given way to temptation in the manner he had done. His Worship knew nothing as to what induced the accused to do the deed, and he was of the opinion that the ends of justice would be met if a fine of Re. 300 were imposed. He accordingly fined him that amount. Mr. Greene, of the Revenue Survey, a friend of the accused’s, who was present in Court, having taken to pay the fine in the course of the day the accused was liberated.
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GRO0331 India: Frederick Henry Davison Pinsent: 1852 – 1902