Inauest on J R Thornton
(per press association). Dunedin, Mar 7. At the inquest touching the death of J R Thornton, barrister and solicitor, medical evidence was to the effect that the horizontal position of the wound was more consistent with the butt of the pea rifle being on the sand while deceased was looking down into the barrel when the gun went off. The jury returned a verdict that deceased came to his death from a shot from a rifle, but there w:.s not sufficient evidence to show in what way. The Coroner : *' You mean that it was self inflicted V A juryman: "We don't know." The Coroner said the verdict left it open to be said that the wound might have been caused by someone cl.c. A juryman : "So it might. There may have been b.ys about." The jury intimated that they were of opinion that there was nothing to show who Bred the shot and the verdict as handed in was recorder].
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Grey River Argus, 9 March 1903, Page 3
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165Inauest on J R Thornton Grey River Argus, 9 March 1903, Page 3
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