THE MIDHURST TRAGEDY.
THE INQUEST.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON, Saturday.
At the inquest on the victims of-tiu Mid hurst tragedy the evidence showed that the girl and her father had not agreed well of late, and that frequent quarrels had taken place. Hancock had been ill for some time, and had been peculiar;in liis manner, several times saying he thought he would go mad. The jury returned; a rer> diet that the deceased, Maria JafaelKi> cock, met her death through wounds inflicted by her father while temporarily «• sane, and that Humphrey Hancock committed suicide while of temporarily unsound mind. ■;■ •';
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 149, 27 June 1898, Page 4
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