GREY LYNN MURDER

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 13 September 1921, Page 5

GREY LYNN MURDER

THE INQUEST

(BY TKLEOIUPIt—WIESS ASSOCIATION.) Th n AUCKLAND, Sept. 12. lfce Grey Lynn murder inquest wast continued this afternoon Dr. Murray testified that about 12 30 p.m. on July 17 he examined the body of deceased on a section at Grey Lynn lhe body was on its back, inclined to" the left, the left arm being outseretchod. Witness minutely described the attitude and appearance of the body and clothing. Describing the injuries witness stated that the bone of the nose and the upper and lower jaws were broken The wound extended from the upper hp to the nostril. There was a gash-to the bone in the upper part of the forehead, and two wounds also bone-deep, were over the right ear, one oi them having fractured the bone The head was resTing in a pool of blood that had soaked into the ground hav«ne come from the ears and wounds lhe wounds were not self-inflicted io Mr. Meredith: There was no sicn oi a struggle at tho spot. From the jmall amount of blood on the o ?£cXt witness would conclude that the coat had been placed over the youn c man's legs after he had fallen. He would say that death would have occurred Z ihe g£dy han tW6nt * bMI Wore h° Then you think death must have occurred at least before midnight and day?-Ye? * P'm' the PrevioUs • Among other witnesses. Sheart Alfred femitn, professional fighter said he tod »t the Whangareifotei, Whangt np.i. but in July last he was living at Vines, Symondft Street. He was with a man named Prosser on July 17 last, training with him. They left Prosser's house m Great North Road fcreyEvnn llnl°V° ° Ci^ ck ?a Snnd'ay for M P "n along the rood, and returned along the Arch Hill gully and over a hill Witnes, then described the finding of h^ J° d i y- of decea«ed with a piecf of bomd near it. He added • "I was at Prosser's house the night before, feft SpYiS, tO ,the l Pictllr^ We a! th^ tr\ opposite the Strand.^ thflifc —Some. Italian -picture, I Did you see tfie end of that picture?

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