THE VERDICT
Tlio iiu[uest lasted ftom 2 p.m. till midnight. After further ovidonco was taken the coronor, Mr Ashcroffc, sumraod up, in tho course of which ho said he was of opinion that a groat dual of Mine, trouble, and oxponso might lio saved iv casos like tho present if tlio Logisluliu'o would so amond tlio criminal law tbut depositions tukuu at a coruuur'a iu<iuo:>t niiylit bo accepted by the uiHgiutruto oa the att«Bta«
tion of the coroner on application for the committal of any person implicated foi trial at the Supreme Court, with power to 1 accused's counsel to recall any witness foi cross-examination, and for either side to call additional evidence. At present all witnesses had to give their evidence three times, whioh seemed quite unnecessary and inconvenient. After five minutes' retirement the jury returned a verdict that deceased met his death by violence at the hands of Harry Erwin.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11319, 1 September 1899, Page 3
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152THE VERDICT Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11319, 1 September 1899, Page 3
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