INQUEST.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 1, 9 July 1874, Page 5

INQUEST.

An. inquest on tbe body of the deceased, Wiliiam Crraharn, carrier, was held by Dr. Smith, i coroner, and a Jury, at. the Balclutha .Hotel, at- noon, on Friday la9t. : The Jury having been sworn, the Coroner referred to a rnnior which had been circulated to the, effect that tbe deceased had been neglected by his medical attendant. This he said was utterly unfounded, as the Doc'or had regularly attended deceased three tinus a day, even at the risk of his own life,' a-* he was se-iipusly ill at the time. He had also called in the as-astjnee of Dr. ; Stewart, of Milton, who agreed with him in opinion that the injuries received by deceased must prove fatal. The Jury then proceeded to view the body, after which they adjourned for an hour to allow die. post, mortem txamination being- made by Dr. Manning. Upon returning, the- iol Owing evidence' , was he ard :— * Mr. Richards— Knew deceased. He ar rived here on 27th inst. with his waggon.. Slept at. ruy house. Went out aud led his hordes next morning, and returned to break* fast. : He then harnessed his horses ..and \ went a*vay. Assisted to catch some horses! tbat bad broken loose. Mounted a horse ii>r', the purpose. Next time I saw deceased he ; was being assisted hy two, men. Never saw deceased before. Perfectly sober at time of accident. Mr M'Neil, pen., deposed— -Saw deceased on 23rd Ju ->c going after two horses on foot, v Deceased wept to his wag-joo, tonk; a'boree and' mounted 'if j- and rode" down Kaitangata road after two horse?. Next saw 'the horse without rider. Suspected something had happened., Went to Set g< aut Fmnegan and told hiai. ;The Sergeant immediately sent a; man to assist. , ' Mr. Basset, deposed--— I am a storekeeper at Inch Clutha. Recollect Tuesday, 23rd., Going to B-lclutha^that, day I saw a man lying on the.side pf .the road. Got off my horte arid tried to nft him up. Deceased wa** bleeding at :the mouth and ears. AskVd amati to s*ay with deceaed. until I -could g. trassifrtance. Ixhou^ht the man was dying. Went to police station, saw: Sergeant Finnigap, and informed him of :t he accident, who immed-.afely sent a constable to assist. Next. saw. deceased at the Balclutha Ho'el, about^io minutes afterwards. Dr.* Mapping pepo-red-r-I am a duly qualified medical practitioner/ I was in- . structed by the Coroner to make a post mortem examination * oi) the bodyot deceased. I found no marks of "violence on body, witn the exception of bead. Kx r aiirined genei-ally; /Externally oyer lef t . orbit, J a severed bruise apd cu r.' ;Nb extraytreatiqn pvefrskbll/ On removipg cranium -FiouPd discoloration; /On reroby- ; ing skull, tap lipoid brain -Joaded with blapk^venus,; bipod,. I;do pot- think it was a case for ;apy surgic^ ceased died fiomcoippression: of/brain. : --Yerdjct pf/tthp-Jar^w.^ came to his :death; by ja/all from' his horsey ;yrj^icb..j^rc^riceii' cbmpf^seion of theibraih;''