CORONER'S INQUEST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 157, 14 May 1864, Page 3

CORONER'S INQUEST.

v\N inqurs! was held yesterday. at ! lit* "Newton | .Hotel, <mi the body of George J.isle, before T. M. ; LMlilsOU, Ksq., I'orom-r. .John Rjusiilh being sworn, si id that 1 inn a < arpenter, living at Parnell. 1 M work vosterday {Ihursdav) morning, May the I'Jth iust., at IS;[. o clock, near | ilk- Hotel. when I saw ;i person coming; Jilongthe Karaugahape K«»ud, huhh'ng hi;-hand to Ids side, and groaning, i went up to him and asked i him if In 1 had been hurt. Jte gave nie no answer, hut laid hold of the feme at the side ol the road for support. Jle stood 1 here for aboni ten minutes. I supposed he was deranged Ironi the appearance of liis e\cs. ile tried to walk away, bin eouid not. Mr. Veilou (who is one ol the jury) then came up, and assisted me to si-at the man on the ground. We then sent tor a surgeon. 'I lie man rat on the ground fur about a quarter of an hour, ami then died, ile <lid not speak, but only groaned. 11 is features were i ]iv id, also his neeU and eh est .as ii lie were suliocat ing. I 1 lh'>ughl at lirst thai he bail been in lienor, but \ do not think so now. We laid the body on the j uronnd, and covered it over, ami gave information to j thepoliee. Dr. Pierce, surgeon, li\imj at Newton, having arrived about iJA o'clock, at vhieh time the i man was quite dead. Constable Uiven arrived at a quarter to 10 o'clock, and removed the body into an out-house belonging to the Newton -Anns. I ha\c secn»the body this morning, Kriiiay, May I-»th, inst., and identifv it as the body o; the man 1 niw ' die yesterday. I bad no previous acquaintance with him. "William Felton being sworn, said —I sun a carpenter reading at Newton. .1 have heard the o\ idenee just now given by Mr. Suaith, whose aeeount of the manner and circumstances of the death of deceased is as correct as possible. I have nothing to add to it. ' Samuel I,isle being sworn, said—l am a seafaring : man, but am at present employed in bush felling. I i came into town from Drury about a week ago. 1 | saw deceased (who is my brother) when I came to town. .11U name was George Liste, he was a discharged soldier of the oSth Kegiment, and had been working at (Joromandel. His age was Jitt years. Deceased complained to me of inlltien/.a and soreness of his throat, lie could only swaliow a little arrowroot with some wine, lie was unable to take any solid food. Ido not think that he had been drinking before 1 saw him, and 1 know that he had not since .1 came to town. 1 got some medicine for him at a druggist's shop, and made him keep his bed. Vesterday morning, May I-th hist., lie got out of

bed, put on Kid clothes, and went out. This was about daylight, I Jul nol no with him. I did not know where lie went. I did not see him afterwards. About S\ o'clock on the sune morning 1 was tuld that lie was dead, and on looking lor him 1 found him hying dead in an out-house at. the "Newton Inn*" [To tlu: jury] On Wednesday night, May llth, he was very vest less, and at times delirious. AVe were lodging at a .M r. Lamb's, in Klhot Stivet. Thomas J.hivid l'eiree. heing sworn, said : 1 am a ; member of the Koyal College of burgeons of ling- ; land, and 1 practice in Auckland. Yesterday, Thill's- j dav, May 1-th, 1 was called lo visit deceased. 1 . went and found a man lying at the side of the ! Karanghape road, whom, on examination, J found to i be dead. The body was warm, and had not been j lon;r dead. The features were livid, also lIn? neck j and chest. On the left side of his face, below the i left ear and under the jaw, is a swelling containing I some ptmileut matter. 1 have listened to the evi- ; deuce given by the other witnesses, and from the i tenor of that evidence ami mv own ob-crvation. l am ofopi nion 11 lilt deceased dieU from >rrulß apoplexy. j brought ou In' hardship, ami possibly typhoid fever. Bernard Oreene, beiii;; swnni, said : 1 11m a police constable, stationed in .Auckland. \\sterday morn- . I:2th, at ;i quarter to 111 o'clock, I was informed that a man had died Maidenly on the ka- ; road, anil on there 1 found a man ■ ivingdead on the i-ide u( the road, near the Newton ; i'fott'l, «lioiii 1 recognised as I.We. 1 had the body reinoveil lo the rear ot the teuton Hotel, where ii now lies. 1 had known deceased during nearly the last two years. 1 las!, snv him alive about live days ago ; lie whs walking in (juecti-strcet. Al that time he was ijnile sober, anil, as 1 thought, in lii.s usual health. lie was a tuiet of intemperate habits'. The .jury returned the following verdict : —Died from serous apoplexy, brought on by disease aud aggravated by neglect and exposure.

"WATTCATO 3NUTJA TKSI ''FRANCE* •SUL'I KTY. A MEKTt.vn of an interesting character was h<-ld on Thursday owning last, in the reading roniiiof the M.litin. Camp, Otahuhu, for the purpose of terming a Tempetance Societv for the 41 h llcgimont of the A\ aikato Militia. The meutingswas numerously attended by tlio noncommissioned officers and men of Captain Been/s company, -Ith Waikalo, as well as otlier men of 11,31. -10th and l'Jth Kegim.-nts. There were also in attendance Major Kedih U, Captain Beere, Lieut. Johnstone, and other olilcors ul the ttli Waikato Jogiment. Tiie Kev. Mv. Macky, Presbyterian Minister, and tiie Kev. Mr. Cio»:id. Church of Kngland Minister, of (Hahuhu, the Kev. r. t'ornford, Baptist Minister ot Aurkhmd, Sergeant Sorrell, -tOlh Kegt., ami also Mr. Osmund Lewis, secretary of the Auckland 1 oial Abstinence Sock? v. The chair war; occupied bv the X\ev. Mr. Macky, who opened the prucn»di:ig< of t;io evening with a .short ami appropriate prayer for the success of tho then eilon, to ~: . tab]ish a So.-i. ty i'-r the formation of habits of t'-inpi. faiii e ai:i":iu;-t tho men of the \\ aikato nts, as. well ::s ;ur th»->c of lier Majesty's force.- generally stationed at Utahuhu. 'Lite chairman im; iv-. Ed upon the attention of all pi' l '--i n!, the peat "imp'Tiaure of temperance, not oniy h»r their temporal im-rests, hut ior tliat which wa*» «■:' far greater c< n.-fqin-iin'. their eternal welfare. Mr. o>mund i.ewis, a* sceietaiy of the Auckland Total Ab.-thieiuv Soeii-t v, then laid befole tile mcetiiitx Js u outline of the pia'n of the proposed society for tue \\ aikato AI iiii ia, including a code o! bye-laws lor its government. Tiu* Otahuhu Temperance Society was to i» .i-ni ;t blanch «.f the Total Abstinence Society of Auckland, and wt.uld 1 reeogu .-ed as an auxiliary institution, and work in uni-i. i whh any other branch that miirht he hen-alter I'-rmed in the other three Waikalo regiment-- it wa.- piopo^ed—That ait persons upon signing tiie pledge and becoming meiuh. i> should pav one shilling upon entrance, and two smiling.* per quarter subscqiu -ally ; that out ot toe ihii-is thus >ni>; ei li.ed a library : *:■! reading room should ih■ provided, tc> whi< h i acii member v.'iio had paid 3ii-i subscription wouid he iV« e. The- liev. A i i-. Corn ford then moved the following resolution:— '* J'iiat in order to promote 1 n»* moral and material progress of tht; liu'iiLiii r.-> of the \\ aikato Militia Regiments, it i> the opinion of this meel nig that a Temperance Society he at, oncc in Ot.ihnllU, ar; a branch of tl.j Andchind Toial Abstinence Society.'* lie .-aid it was to him a source of considerable pleasure and honour to he enabled to move the first it-soUition of the lir-t 'JVmperunco Society for tho members of the Waikato regiments: n toree which Uiiiriit truly be said to be the National Uuurdsof New Xeai«:nd. It was i:m\v jiioj-os- dto lay the b;isis ofa s'-cieiy tor the promotion o< temperance amongst those u ho.-e duty it would 1 >•* heieallcr to assist ill laying the foundation of a luiure elUpil'O, and it tltcrciore behoved them to avoi'l carrying with them

into iheir new abodes tin? se«.-d.s «>t di>.-oluliun. It was their duty to diA-ard all habits of intemperance, and .show to Hit: wrld that Utey wi'i'i! culllpClellt to appreciate the value of iheir h»i lire possessions, and that tney had lilt: powvr to l'i iiilt l' tin in the happy ahotle.s of steady inuu>liy. >o w Zealand looked to il.u Waikato Militia at- amount tin* chief nt* her [lit'i.f i.- «>i her liuuie u'i«atn« arid < •oiise<-jlieiltly it 1m i an:«- important to adopt those early measures that wuiiid l.ave a i.eiieiiciai iirliut me up- u the moral statu* < 1 in-r inhabitants. The settlers in the Port

; All-ill ui.-tiiri had auopU-d ,-in-li llko pix-eautininiry iuea.-ui\> j.s iie had now advised, i*>r they had deter- ! liiiin-ti that no hi-uor traliic sli<»i;id lake place ill that ' Waiity. f \ i.e advanla.uo el that exclusion had al- « leady *1m .-n mvii, hut no one can at prc.-ent eount the ; hen*. iil> tirat wiii r\vi<tu;-dy how Itoin that prohibii tion. ile \vi>in-d that all diMiiets w«.uld do the like, i and linn we >h<<nid aVuid having our Ollti rat;.-1 by tin- recital oi calamities thai ale HOW daily

o« riii-i int* uifiii.d us, ihruugh tne hnnelul use vi iniii;uws. 'J i.i• l;>. \. :Av. CionM seconded the resolution in a short addios. in which h»* .--tatrd that he would do aIL ia hi.- j-"\vcr to a>si>t m lan'yinu; out the objects ot tiic liH .-iuip-, tiir it Jiad licnihls mismrLuuu 10 witness Luo oikn Ha' hitter Units oi inUmpeiaiHe. jjcitiJ.atk S'neil <-i«-«jn»-7i:ly tho resolution, wlii' ii tijivii hring ]-\ii u» Uie meeting, wjts ia» utcr.anl .Johnstone then moved— *• i i.:.f tin' r..ih,u-iiLir "vniii im p- vi/.. .T. Gritrg. i i\sq., »>. i'., tiu- iu v. .\»r. jiia'KY, im.' iie>. uu\ I I ii'iiitl, ami ( aj>t;'in llcnv In- i« «pu-.-ti d to act as a j committee, with ].n\vrr to add to U.cir number." | Which was sceeiided hv Mr. O. Lewis, and carried i unaTi:ni»'u>ly. ; Tin cordial thanks ot' the meeting were then voted j to the ehaiiman, lor the m rvit;»-s hr Had rendered theTcn!|:ciam'e cau.-e by pre/iding, und lui* hi:? a hie conduct. in tilt; chair.

At ihe t iuM- (if thi' meeting about forty non-I'fii.iiiiss-itoiL-fi « llicns and } aivates Mgned tile pledge book. 'I'm? numb'-r U jtpuliy oi Captam J»eerc*s o nipanv of tlu- U'is. Waikato Mililiu, but .-•me oiil. M. \'2ih and -loth ivrginieiits al»o signed till' 'It,'till Abstinence I'lcdgC.