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c . ; An inquest on the body oT the lad Sylve3-1 . ter Whighcson who died at Hospital on ( the IF.!; inst. was held at that institu-h tion to-day before !)r. L'hilson and L a jury of twelve. Tha deceased wash admitted to the Hospital on tho 24th | j March, suQerinc from injury to the head j , caused by a kick from a horse. Ho died on j ( the night of the 24th inst., and the police j i having boon informed that thou cause of death was " inflammation ; s of tha lungs" an inquest was not; considered necessary. The father of tho L deceased, however, expressed a desire that! • an inquiry should bo held. Sergeant ( Clarke, of tho Water I'olico, proceodod to ( F.oithcoLe, and mado Lho preliminary in- 1 qi.ir'c.., and an inquest was lick! to day. | "Sergeant Clarke represented Ihe polico, and . Mr L'ras:_eyrepresented tho paroiusoi thode- I i ccasr'd. Evid.enco was given by 1 ); '- King;, ( |)r. Somerville, the father and mother of \ tho o'eceased, aiid l.y a lad named Jackson, j aud bite jury returned a vordicfc "That th.o deceased died from inlianimation of tho i iini'*., accelerated by a kick fromahorse." (
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 94, 21 April 1892, Page 12
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