MAN DIES IN CAB.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20025, 5 September 1930, Page 15

MAN DIES IN CAB.

VERDICT AT INQUEST. "That John Burgess died between Moorhouse avenue and Hagley Park, on August 24th, the cause of death being heart failure and pneumonia," was the verdict of the Coroner, Mr E. 1). Mosley, at the resumed inquest yesterday afternoon into the death of a mail who died in a cab, while he was being conveyed from near Sheedy's Hotel, Moorhouse avenue, to Hagley Park, last Thursday. Dr. E. F. Thomson, pathologist at the Christchurch Hospital, said that he had made a post-mortem examination of Burgess, and the cause of death, in his opinion, was heart failure and pneumonia. Helene Mary Sheedy, wife of the licensee of Sheedy's Hotel, said that last Thursday afternoon she found Burgess lying in the street. She helped hi'"i to his feet, and he said that he had a very bad pain in his chest. She called a taxi-man, and asked him to take Burgess home. Christopher Charles Henry Schroder, a cab-driver, gave evidence of being called by Mrs Sheedy to take Burgess home. Knowing that the man had no address he decided to take him to tho Salvation Army Home. On the way along Moorhouse avenue Burgess asked witness to set him down at the park. Witness called Burgess when they arrived at the park, but he did not answer. Witness got down, looked in the cab, and thinking that Burgess was drunk, commenced to carry him into the park. A passing motorist stopped him, and asked him what he was doing. Constable Eoberts was called by the man. Cyril Arthur Smith, of Deans avenue, Riccarton, was walking along Deans avenue from work, when he encountered the previous witness, taking Burgess into the park. He thought that Burgess was dead. Police evidence was given l>y Gilbert Eoberts, a constable stationed at Biccarton. He described finding Burgess on the floor of Schroder's cab. He was dead. The Coroner then gave his verdict.

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