TRAGIC SEQUEL TO A CROSSEXAMINATION.
A few days ago the London city coroner held an inquest with reference to "the death of Mr. Henry Crosse, aged 64, a city merchant, lately residing at Catford. Albert George Hogarth, a shipping clerk, stated that on Monday and Tuesday he was at the law courts with the deceased, who was under examination in an action against a company of which he had been the secretary, and was nervous and anxious as to the result. A Juror: Was he reproached? Witness: Well, you see, he hadn't exactly carried out his duties properly. The Juror: Oh, I see; and that made him anxious? Witness: Yes; it preyed on his mind. Continuing, witness said that he went to I the deceased's office at seven o'clock on Tuesday evening after the case was over and I found him dead in his chair. I Dr. Ettles said that death iras due to syncope from heart failure, following on great mental excitement. The Coroner: Practically the cross-ex-amination at the law courts killed him? Witness: Yes. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from excitement.''
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11056, 6 May 1899, Page 2 (Supplement)
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