DYING OR DRUNK ?
THE DUNEDIN CASE.
[United Press Association.]
i DTJNEDIN, Friday. The death of Samuel Campbell, who was picked up ia an unconscious condition on Monday night, and lodged in the police cells, and who died in tne hospital yesterday, was made the subject of an exhaustive inquiry to-day. The evidence showed that deceased was addicted to drink. A constable who knew him in Wellington, said he could consume an enormous quantity of liquor, which would have no visible effect. The medical evidence showed that death was due to hemorrhage of the brain, which would at fust produce a condition Sot easily distinguishable from that of drunkenness, particularly if the sufferer had been drinking. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical testimony, the police being completely exonerated.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 6 March 1909, Page 4
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130DYING OR DRUNK ? Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 6 March 1909, Page 4
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