CALLAUSE OUR CARELESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 303, 21 December 1921, Page 15

CALLAUSE OUR CARELESS.

INJUKSD MAN NEGLECTED. CORO-VEK'S fjKVKUE COXDIEKT. (By Telegraph.—l'resa Association.) ASHBfRTOV, Tuesday. Hie miT"" 5 ' conrerninp tlic death of William Henry Wall, who was thrown from n E 1 ? a '"' ll '°' l lr "" 1 '''" injuries, concluded to-day. jje evidence or several witnesses liowed that Wall had beon drinking iea v i!y on t ' U! '' :, - v '" l i e U(L '' l ' en t. Ho coroner, Mr. Jarniw Caro. returned a verdict tlmt the deceased was jfcidentally killed by falling from a trap while nnder the influomv of liquor. A rider wa> added to the effect, that the whole ein-inn-tames showed callouses and ?reat want of tlioiijrht by those connected with the riwe. Instead of Ix-ing mt into the Valetta eoadi the deceased OTS helpwl into « trap driven by a schoolboy. Both wore thrown out, Wall's ipine belnp- broken. According to the evidence, the deee-ased was then lifted into the bottom of the coach, and he was allowed to remain there for three hours, irhen he Wtt - taken into a house and placed on a sofa. He was unattended for the night. Nineteen hours were permitted to elapse before medical attention »•».■! secured. The coroner concluded that it was fortunate for those concerned that the medleal evidence showed that immediate medical attention would not have altered the result. This, however, did not excuse the conduct of those concerned. |