CORONER'S INQUEST.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3972, 16 May 1870, Page 6

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Am inmi§§t was held at the Royal Hotel on the i afternoon qf Jatu^ay }a§| f b,efo.rg T. M • Philson, M.1?., Cqrqifer, tq mquipe. jnfcq tj^e cause by which William Rennie came by nig dea^h on May fi}i f in Hpbson'sj Bay/ A |re3pgos"ab,le % jury #ft 3 gWQRi, Qeqyge Wjl lia.m Yafas WftS Gliogen fqrema.B, .After viewing the body ' the evidence was called. Wilson Martin, a draughtsman in the Survey Office, stated that on Friday morning, about 9 o'clock, he found the body on the beach in Hobson's Bay, between high and low wa£er mark. He tied a rope on to the left arm, a,nd. HJS^> J* £ as - to a Do * e ? an< * -then gave information to the Bpfoe.^i-en^ab/ IPar. n g a fl» Sfißßtabl.e., 4epose.d tq paving brought the, body to the 4«3»4-J}Q.us.P jn Official He found two £i notes in the trousers of deceased, 'also a penknife.— Frederick JDavidson, carpenter, deposed: Have been acquainted with deceased for about a month. He, was ,a general ,, servant ,, man in- the employ of Captain . Clayton. Last saw hhn alive on this r day week, the 7th of 'May. 'He. tljen rgwing out in|a small dingy to a boat Ih'at'was ouboierged at Hobson's Bay, to bail it out. Jt was then blowing hard, and the water was rough. I saw him close beside |;he boat about half-past two Q'glogk, Qn s. s § jflg 4eceased pgwing out, I to my SQn.that I though^ it was a dangerous prqpeedirig, and "th§t he would likely meet with an nccid.eiit t H« deemed to plunge' into the ' bb*t that was submerged, and the dingy floated away. I »aw ho was in danger of being; drowned, and shouted to a cutter that was lying at anchor in the bay; but no one took notice of me. I then sent my son for Mr. Potter's boat. I, my son, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Howell then pulled off to, the spot, and found nothing but the up. j't^jn<»4 ftoatj 4ege#isd disappeared. It.w^si blqwing a hnrFJcant attfte tu^e. and 1 vf6 were unable to dp anything. ' J'of 4 time I beard his shouts, but they' had died away ! 'before we went out v with the boat/ William Rennie was about 26 years of ags. He ha«? a sister at the Thames, and a brother in Dunedin. I believe he came out h*t§ iS #*? 'Matoaka.' He was quite sober, Matthew Thomas Olayton, niaste^ mauner : I bjad deceased in my employment as general servant. He had been in my employ, about six? weeks, and was a very steady man. About 9q'cjo,ck' qn last Saturday morning, m^SmS fotew4 Icalleihim/and told' him, wifin^hetjdpwgnt.flut, *k*'h.refWld. TfalkrOuttQmyiboat, and ba^l her.quturith abudket. Heieplied, '•' All right, sir."' '£ also inqu|fed- H'tfiQQingy Vas';all, fj^bt ; on thelbea^b; qnd hp repjigd she w*« tge last time hs.saw^er^., X tSen went to town, and did hot see .him. again alive. ( On my areturn Jion|e,' I.' y* 8 informed of his death. I did not imagine he would have, gone out in the dingy^v/oriori'did-I know, he* could pull * boji&jfjThere^.^ras no t 'necessity ior .his ! goinjj oat,., Every- exertion , made to a t«|cpver the vam.p-