CORONER'S INQUESTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 191, 7 May 1908, Page 4

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

DEATH OF MR. JOSEPH PETRIE. ; FURTHER ADJOURNMENT. Tho adjourned inquest into tho death of Potrie, , of Groymouth, who j fell from a tram-car in Adclaido Road on j April' 6' arid died ori Monday last, was partly ' taken,'at the- Morgue yesterday afternoon, and further. v adjourneil until to-morrow at 2 p.m.j after'the oridenco of two of tho w'itribsses 'hatl been' hoard. Dr. W. A. M'Arthur presided, and Mr. O'Shea appeared on bohalf of tho Corporation, whilo /■ ConstabloiCarmddy.'.watched'tho caso for the police. Tho evidonco hoard, was elicited ..... principally .lyith viow of establishing tho oxact timo' of tho occurrcnco, and tlio particular car on which deceased was trav- : elhngi' it J :b.einE.'statO!l; that up till then it had been impossible to trace tho car in question, . _ .' 2 • medical prac--3 titioner, gave $vjsoi}co}!that at about 10 p.m.' j on w&?summoned, to tho Royal • r Oak Hotcf fo 'att'cnd Joseph Potrio, sinco deceased, who then complained of severo " theilpworiparbj'pf..tho body. Ho was '■not> J which was bruised and bleeding, and his'temperature was high. .Wjtnoss continued to attend Mr. Potrio until T May' 4, thpitimd"t)f < his''.death. Deceased was 1 suffering from inflammation of tho lddnoys, ■: which eventually caused death, but he could > not say Whether tho disease existed previ- ' ously as a chfonio complaint, or was induced : by tho accident: I ' E Art'hficident of this nature " would accolorato the disqaso. • David Morrisj' b'Utclia-, 36 Martin Street, > under oxareination, stated that ho was walk- " ing on the footpath opposite the Fire Bri- :• gade; Station,,in -Adolaide Road, botweeri 20 , L and 15 min(i£o^t5 t 'B"'tf!&., on Monday, April ■ G. A car almost stopped thoro and went on ' again with' a"jerk' "towards Nowtotra.. Wit--1 ness saw n person fall off the car, and he ' wont over and picked h™ up. , In. reply to 'i, ; ho >; wM ;; hnrt,- de- ' 'ceased'Slid:—'f'l' r 'dbn't".4hink'" so.'-'' Ho soemed dazed, and stated that he was stavJi ,ipg at the ttoyal Oajj .'Hotel. Witness rang up for., a took .the man. to. the Royal Oak. .'Hc' \Vi®(; T for, Doctor Faulke, | whom ho brought to the hotel in" the cab. 1 ,No ong.a^tempted t ,to..Jeaye tho car-to.-'assist ! ;. '. • The car -was .of the single-deck palace , type. -V-To-Mr;j O'Shea :-.'Ho was quite certain of -'the'.-typo-jof car. Dcwased foil at' 1 a. point , about five yards past She, Hospital Road. , An adjournment until to-morrow. (Friday), at; 2 p.m.', was agreed to. V. : .DE'Afrßoi! AN INFANT, i : :.v- ALLEGED GItdSS NEGLECT. ' -v- Ah' inquost into tho circumstances surrounding tho doath of an infant named Alfred George Peach j who died suddenly at tho re'si- : 'donee of jhis parents in Adelaide Road yesterday morning, Was;cpndueted boforo Dr.: W. Arthur, S.li! Js®>strict,Coroner, at .tho . ijtofguo, ;• Owing.to,the lateness :of tho the' caso was .Only, 'partially heard, being adjourned until Friday, at 4 p.m.'; '. : > '. "Edward; Henry Peach, tram cpnductor, in tho. service; of tho, Wellington . City Corporation, father of the child, gavo ovidonce that ,tlio,.deceased ..was bonbon January 22, and ' so far as lie knew died yesterday, at' 8.40 a.m., ; , his.- wife discovered on going to take the child out :of . tljo go-cart to ,>wash;it,, that, it . was dead. At 'for Dr! Cameron, who was ;thdn';'iiu; an.'Weration,- and did not arrive - : untir He'.also rang up Dr. , Rawsoii,-wlio arrived about noon, and he also, about 9.45, informed the police. .• Ho 'last 1 going to. work tho prbnous^W^fiiTTTV'''''. .: To a juryman: The body was: warm 1 when ThO'chiWdiwubcen-'examinccl by Dr. Ewart, . ins been ruptured, but \ "the •'VK6tßf?qldf^(at; , !'tltfflc'; that • such !was;'.the. case. - ;'■ ''. . Amelia Aiinio Peach, wife of tho previous witness,' gave evidence , that . deceased ivas iirea.st-fed until lip was sis'' weeks - old, r and ' 'thferPalterhvatt^fed^oirvaHificialAfoo'd/';.. 3 ,;!',; The Coroner:'l am'going to ask you some , very, nasty!. questions—When did the child . die? . ' ''. • J. •. ■The Coroner : When did, you last see it P Witnessi-vAbout'-ll- .o'clock last night. ; ■ Tlio CPrcnor': You.,left a three-months'. old baby all that timo unattended ; to? ■ ' : Witiiess: If. he slept all night I never, woke him; ■■ - ■ i The Coroner: 1 Tho doctor reports that the : child 'showed 'signs of 'gross: neglect.' : . I. nover,, neglected "my child. /> . .. . Tlio Corone'r: Hdw,'often- did you feed him " .in hours?, v . Witness: He had-about five or six bottles of food. .' • . • . '-At this stage, the witness was taken to view yie,c]ii/a, and ij; r was then decided to 1 adjourn'Sth.biproceedipgs until Friday at ■ 4 p.m. ,