DEATH IN POLICE CELLS
RESULT OP APOPLETIC. PIT.
[Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Last Night. John Kennedy, aged 63, a resident of Wellington, was found dead in the police cells on Christmas Eve. He had been arrested on a charge of drunkenness, and was visited at regular intervals by the police, from whom he received every attention. After midnight he must have had a seizure, for shortly after he was found to be dead. At the inquest it was stated that he had received all possible attention from the police. Medical testimony was that deceased had had an apopletic seizure, from which he had died.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLXI, Issue 3490, 27 December 1926, Page 7
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104DEATH IN POLICE CELLS Manawatu Times, Volume XLXI, Issue 3490, 27 December 1926, Page 7
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