VERDICT OF SUICIDE.
FOUND DROWNED IN RIVER. The body that was found in the Heathcote liver on Friday has been identified as that of Frederick Charles Comer, »'single man, aged 54, of St. John ftreet, "Woolston. A verdict ot suicide by drowning, while in a tiepressed state of mind, was returned bv the QOTijer (Mr H. P. Lawry) at the inqoat, *hich was held on Saturday eTening/ Thebodjwas originally identified as that t>f Joshua Adcock. ot 8 Opan road, the mistake arising fnm the- likeness of the two men. "siertie-bodv-was-fonn"d"iir the river irarjjnsley terrace on Friday alter-
iioun there vi as no elue about lac : i-lotliinn to lead to its identity. The police issued a description, and ou Fn- | day evening a man who called at the Station identified the body as that ot Mr Adeoek. a business acquaintance. 1 The information was issued to the j newspapers on Friday evening, ami 1 it was not until Saturday morning that ! the mistake was discovered.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20565, 6 June 1932, Page 13
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