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YOUNG MOTHER
SLASHES HER
WRISTS
After Son Taken
Into Custody
. SYDNEY, Wedncsdy — The
young mother of a live-year-old j
boy taken into custody of the
Child Welfare Department was
found in her Paddington home
this morning with her wrists (
slashed. -
The woman, 22-year-old Mrs.
Claire Hutchinson, of Hargrave
street, Paddington, was uncon
scious when ambulance men ar
rived at her home, but she re
vived at St. Vincent's Hospital.
Police have chargtd( her with
having attempted to commit
suicide. ., .
In the Lunacy court today she
was charged with being deemed
to be insane.
She did not appear, and was
remanded for seven days for
medical observation and treat
ment.
Her five-year-old son Alan was
found alone In the Capital
Theatre on Monday night, and
has been charged with being a
neglected child.
He has been taken from the
home of his grandmother, where
he was staying, and is being
cared for at the Child Welfare
Home at Glebe.
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