HEART FAILURE

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1925, Page 3

HEART FAILURE

INQUEST ON JOHN McLEOD.

An inquest, touching the death ot John McLeod, was held this morning before Mr. F. H. Kilgour, J.P., and a jury of four. Mr. G. Perotti'was elected foreman. The other members were Messrs John Keating, .Harry Kirk and Oliver McLean. I Senior Sergeant McCarthy conducted the proceedings, and Mr- W. J. Joyce watched the inquest in the interests of the deceased’s relatives.', Charles Joseph Moore said: —"I reside with my parents at Cobden. 1 saw the body of deceased on April 26, at about 3 p.m f . I was waitings for my brothers, and saw the body of deceased lying at the back of Kitchingham’s place. There was nobody present at the time. I communicated with the police. I did not examine the body myself.” William McLeod said: “I am the brother of the deceased John McLeod. I saw the body of the deceased at the morgue, and identify it as .that of-my. brother. I last saw my brother alive on. April 26, between 12 noon and 1 p.m., in Boundary Street, near thb tobacconist’s. -lie looked all right then. He- was living at tjie Golden Eagle Hotel. He has never spoken to me about any illness, though he had been Off work for some time owing to an injury in the mine. It was about two or three months before Christmas when Lhe was hurt. I saw him fairly fre<. ■ quently.” . , To Mr. Joyce: He was an out- || patient of the hospital at the time, un,der Dr. Roy. To the Coroner: The Doctor would | not let him work. He was on the funds of the Union. James Wilson Mcßrearty said: “I am a duly registered l medical- practitioner, practising at Greymouth. On the afternoon of April 27 I made a post mortem on the body of John McLeod, at the morgue at Greymouth. On external examination I found an abrasion of the nose, and also nose fractured. Internal Examination showed valvular disease of the heart, also a large congested liver. Fatty condition of internal .organs. There were no external marks to show the cause of death, the fractured nose being probably caused by the deceased falling on the ground. In my opinion the cause of death was heart'failure, accelerated by liver condition.” ohn Greenless said: “I am a police constable, stationed at Greymouth. I , ■was on duty on April 26, and had.a report that there was a man dead- at the back of Kitchingham’s. I went there and found the deceased lying face down wards on the groundi There was some J blood on the ground, which had apparently comes from the nostrils. He was 1 then unconscious. I turned him over * and felt his heart and pulse, and could ’ not detect any sign of life. He was k subsequently examined by Dr. Moore, < and life was pronounced extinct. I 1 removed the body -to the morgue. To the Foreman: The deceased’s j cheek was lying on the ground. There r was no obstruction which he could < have hit on falling'. There was just a ‘ bruise on the nose. ; Tb Mr. Joyce: The deceased was ly- I ing about six feet in from the gate. 1 After a short retirement the jury‘re- I turned a verdict, in accordance with ( the medical evidence, that McLeod died ] from heart failure. ,