NOT A FIT, BUT POISON

Evening Star, Issue 20972, 10 December 1931, Page 14

NOT A FIT, BUT POISON

HEED FOR PRESERVING EVIDENCE [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, December 10. _ The importance of preserving all evidence connected with the sudden death of any person was stressed by Mr M'Nell. S.M., coroner, at the inquest on Robert Edward Moyna, returned soldier who lived at the Returned Soldiers’ Hostel. The evidence showed that on November 22, Moyna was found suffering from what was thought to be an epileptic fit. _ A doctor was called, but when he arrived Moyna was dead. Deceased’s room was searched, but nothing unusual was foundj and three bottles, one of which contained camphor liniment, were thrown away. As the result of the post-mortem, Dr Lynch, pathologist at Wellington Hospital, found that death was due to poisoning by camphor liniment. A post-mortem had been ordered by Mr M'Neil because he had been unable to get a certificate as to the actual cause of death. Mr M'Neil stressed that the public should realise that nothing should be destroyed in the event of such happenings, as valuable evidence might be obliterated*