A STREET DISTURBANCE.

Mataura Ensign, 22 July 1914, Page 5

A STREET DISTURBANCE.

JXQUI'.ST OX DECEASED

PER UNITED TUWSS *RSOCT *TTON TEKUITT, Julv 21

An irr.iir.-u info the cause 'of the death of Waller Howard' Swaintou was held ,-u Otoroha.'iga. Evidence was given by several witnesses t-> thei effect that the deceased was' struck bv S. J). ('h.;ldx' on June 27, ;;:id that dccea:ed r,', lr: '! iCi ' f "' m ' (~l" 'n. After a souffle •Jhiles went mrav and returned w,ith a bottle 111 each hand and struck S.vaiuk:n 0:1 the head. Siviinton again hit Child;;, and appeared all right for over a week. Afterward* he complained, of a bad li"atl.:iiid dieif 10 days after the assault. Tli.-' liosl-morletn examination revealed a fracture'. -»( Ihe temporal bone, which was diseas-.!. Ali'dic-il toMJiun-iy wa;-' "avon thai (li<> .rae'.uro cauM have bcT-n caused at football, by a sudden' jar. over-exertion, er .-' blow on tee lace or bead.

The jury returned- a verdict flint it was, of opinion thai d.-ath was doe („ Irachn-e of a diseased temporal bone, and that _ the fracture was caused thr-nigh hjnrios receivcdi during a street disturbance.

Child,:--wi!« arrested invl eh-irged; with causing. SwajuLon's death. He was remanded for a 'ieek. Kail war •>!' ed -self .L'ICO and two .sureties of £75.