SUICIDE OF A CORONER.
(BY TELEORAPH-PRES3 ASSOCIATION)
New PLYMonrH.thieday ; Captain Davidson, J.p. Bnd Co^^: this district, was found dMd'yatijjJ afternoon with a bullet through hjjw and a pistol by his side. Tho dewawi* kj been at business all day till 3 p.m.j jrten he returned home after having procirt^»f revolver from a shop In. town. Abont'f**' minutes after his arrival, he w«nUi«& shrubbery adjoining his residence »iS himself through the brain, death'JSeW instantaneous. At the inquest heldfelF evening, John Bleasdale stated he'itiS" the same grounds with deceased.ij™; minutes prior to the oocprreitcs1 u left, and afterwards heard tha ita of a pistol. ' He looked -in Ti, direction where ho had seen" the dajauid sitting, and saw him lying ontießroffi He went to him, and found himlyߧ(P side quite dead. Dr. Leathamstiittdtit the bullet had passed through th«S part of the mouth, penetraKng'tbei'Sf and skull. The deceased, it to naaVntooiK was embarrassed m money mifteifefflt had used a tftreat the day previous thit ht would shoot himself. A verdict'#ii» turned to the effect that deceaaedSllot' himself whilst in a fit of temporary :lsA: Financial difficulties are said to ajrttod np to tho fatal deed. • •■'-'}■.'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 76, 8 April 1885, Page 2
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