POISONING CASE.
(BY "TKi EG RArm.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Gisbokne, fchiß day. At bhe inquosfc on Charles Fiaber, who was pcioC-r-s. 4. on Friday, the evidence showed thiit, in company with two other prohibited persons, ho wenti to the house of a boafcbtiildor named Steal, aad breaking into S&oel's house obtained the key to his boatshod, nay;ng ho wanted a drink and wouid have one. His companions state that he wend into the shod, and presently called out " J'ra poisoned." He died eUorbly afterwards. Two bottles containing carbolic acid for disinfecting purpoaeß had bden left in the shed the day before by a Maori, who was carrying them to his employer's private residence. Fisher was under the influence of drink at the lime, and one of his companions turned up at the inquest mo drunk that the coroner refused to hoar him, The jury returned a verdicb of death trom poisoning by misadventure, adding a rider pointing out) bhe dancer of people putting carbolic acid into bottles and nob labelling them i* Poison."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 290, 7 December 1896, Page 3
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POISONING CASE.
Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 290, 7 December 1896, Page 3
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