A DOCTOR’S EVIDENCE
PALMERSTON TRAGEDY. UNUSUAL DEVELOPMENT. DIFFERENT VIEWS EXPRESSED. (Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., This Day. There was an unusual development at the resumption of the inquest into the death of William Edwin Price this morning, when, immediately the Coroner (Nlr Stout, S.M.) took his seat, Mr McGregor (who is appearing for the relatives of deceased) intimated, that lie had Dr. King’s evidence perused by two medical practitioners, who, /he said, entirely disagreed with the conclusions made. He applied for leave to call them as witnesses in the afternoon and give a demonstration. The Coroner said that Mr McGregor was entitled to call them, but the procedure was extraordinary. Counsel suggested that Dr. King and Dr. Will, who examined the body, be recalled.
The Coroner intimated that he would like the other doctors recalled in that event.
Mr McGregor s&id he proposed to call evidence by Dr. Miller and Dr. Bovd in the afternoon.
The Coroner continued hearing evidence hearing on the tragedy, from neighbours.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19300411.2.69
Bibliographic details
Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 154, 11 April 1930, Page 5
Word Count
166A DOCTOR’S EVIDENCE Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 154, 11 April 1930, Page 5
Using This Item
Ashburton Guardian Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ashburton Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ashburton Guardian Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.