DEATH FROM POISON.
1 hoe. W. K*y, aged eight years, son of Mr C. P. Kiy, of Decanter Bey, died at 1 a.m on fcutiday. At an inquest held yesterday, a.verdict w«e returned that de*tb resulted from poisoniug, but was no evidence to chow how deceased cam* by the poison or what it wap. A rider was added, " That the seeds obtained froui the body of the deceased be forwarded to (he public analyst for hie opiuum as to what they are, and whether poi.tonoup." The seeds are described as somewhat resembliag email wheat. The whole of the; evidence willappear next issue.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2135, 16 March 1897, Page 2
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102DEATH FROM POISON. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2135, 16 March 1897, Page 2
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