AUCKLAND.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3486, 8 September 1882, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

September 8. The adjourned inquest into circumstances connected with the death of Mrs Sarah Emily Cleaver (Johnstone) was held yesterday before Dr. Goldsbro'. Thos. Cleaver, the husband of the deceased was examined. The chief point in his evidence was that he was neither coerced nor induced to marry the deceased ; that it was of his own free will; that he had offored to marry,"her before the birth of her child; that he had come to Auckland to provide a home for her, and that after she came to town to be married and before he knew she was in danger he had procured a license and certificate and a wedding ring, His sister-in-law, Mrs Robert Cleaver, corroborated his testimony, She added that on the evening of the deceased's arrival in Auckland she had tea at Mrs Butler's, went for a walk, and had tea for supper. At the first meal Cleaver was not present, ami at supper Mrs Robert Clearer and

the servant girl joined in the meal with deceased, and were the only persons who had supper with her. The servant girl corroborated this. She also said tbat oo I . &oiti£ about raid-day ue„t dvy iuto the \ \\W-vq. >N\y-te. &,<_m.„ \Na. Vw \,e._, t\y_ ) deceased tools From under her p))low a I piece of thia, eoft, white paper, about j five inches square, which she tore up aad f threw in Ihe wash basin. This v?as\ thrown vnth th© slops va. th.c _, aud \ the pieces remained about for some days. She remarked to Mrs Butler that she . thought it was a seidlitz powder, but she I denied ever having said tbat she thought I it contained rat poison. The inquest was adjourned.