CORONER'S INQUEST.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3192, 9 October 1867, Page 3

CORONER'S INQUEST.

An inquest was held at the Railway Terminus Hotel yesterday afternoon, before T. M. Philson, Esq., coroner, on view of the body of a. man, which was found floating in St. George's Bay on Monday afternoon. The body, on being viewed by the jury, was found much eaten about the face, and appeared to have been for several days in the water. Patrick Bryan, the son of Daniel Denis Bryan, a labourer residing in Parnell, deposed that he had been on the beach in St. George's Bay between 9 and 10 o'clock on the previous morning, when his attention was attracted by something floating in the water. He at first took it to be a log of wood, but subsequently discovered it to be the body of a man. Information was then given to constable Clarke. Charles Clarke, the constable referred to by last witness, stated that, on receiving information of the discovery of the body, he went to the spot, and found the body on the beach below high-water mark. The body was lying face downwards. There was a considerable quantity of dark-brown hair on the back and top of the head. The features were entirely destroyed. The body was clothed in shoes without stockings, and the general appearance was that of a sailor. Had the body conveyed beyond high-water mark, and then by the water police boat to the dead-house. The deceased appeared to have been under 40 years of age, and had not been identified by anyone who saw the body. There were no marks of violence about the body, which appeared to have been atleast eight days in the water. On the right forearm of the body there is a mark ol a crucifix tattooed in the flesh, and on the left forearm the figure of a sailor holding a Union Jack in his hand. The feet were covered with a pair of ammunition boots, the legs with tweed trousers secured at the waist with a leather belt and buckle, and the upper portion of the body contained, next to the skin, a flannel shirt, a Crimean shirt much faded, and over all a blue serge jumper. All the articles of clothing were full of sand, as if deceased had been- rolled along the bottom. The body was that of a European. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the body of deceased was found drowned without any marks of violence upon it, neither was there any evidence to show the identity of the bbdy so drowned. . ."Friendship with all, entangling alliances with ikon©," is as good ft motto for women u for nations,.