OLD MAN'S DEATH
METHYLATED SPIRITS
DRINKER
CORONER'S COMMENT
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
ASHBURTON, This Day. At an inquest on William Joseph Stanley, aged 71, who died at .the Police Station on 30th January, the relieving house surgeon at the hospital gave evidence that he examined the deceased, who was in an unconscious state of intoxication, evidently due to- drinking methylated spirit. He was given an injection and a bottle of medicine was handed to the police, witness considering that the police station was the best place f or recovery, otherwise a police guard would have been needed in case the deceased became violent Witness considered that his condition was satisfactory, but a post-mortem examination revealed an internal state of toxaemia, which could not be realised except by a post-mortlm. ■ The polieo gave tsvidimce that the deceased had been before the Court for drinking methylated spirits. The Coroner returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence adding: "I am of the opinion that the man should have been admitted to hospital when taken thero by tho police i. he doctor was quite honourable in his admissions. lam satisfied that the whole affair was an error of judgment."
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 11
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196OLD MAN'S DEATH Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 11
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