THE Journal edition of this week a century ago reported the plight of a distraught Worcester man. An engine fitter by trade and in middle age, he appeared before magistrates at Upton-upon-Severn, charged with attempting to commit suicide by jumping into the river from Upton Bridge.
"William Griffin, fisherman, said he rowed his boat out and dragged the drowning man ashore. Defendant begged him to let him drown as it would be much better than the workhouse or jail.
''The man broke down in court and said he fully intended ending his life and was very sorry to have been rescued.
'' He was committed in custody to appear before the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions."
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