A YOUNG MAN'S DEATH

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 38, 13 August 1921, Page 6

A YOUNG MAN'S DEATH

METHOD OF DEALING WITH , INTOXICATED] PERSONS.

(IT TIIMSAIfI.—PWUI AISOCIATION.)

DUNEDIN, This Day.

', An inqueet washed this morning concerning th« death of Jsdwin George William Hatcher, aged 25, whose body was found in the bottle cellar of the Excelsior Hotel on Thursday. The evidence of the hotel porter showed that he found the. deceased earlier on. a couch in the bar, and he placed him in the bottle cellar. He had, no instructions to do so, but had done':the same on previous occasions. Other evidence showed that deceased was gassed at the front, and' had complained of bie heart. The medical evidence,was to the effect that the heart was sound. The doctor's opinion was that death, was due to heart failure following cirrhosis of the liver.

i The Coroner said that deceased had been drinking to excess, and had been deserted by his companions. , The conditions surrounding the death were of such a nature that a close inquiry should be made. He instructed the police to make an inquiry into the method of dealing with intoxicated persons, in view of the evidence {jiven by the porter. The verdict was in accordance with the medial opinion.