CONVICT DIES OF JOY.
Excitement occasionsd by his approaching release caused the death of a convict at Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight..- The prisoner was Joseph Wild, 59. w'no collapsed at, the door of his ce 1 ! after marching in to dinner.
, When W T ild was. '.sentenced to three years' imprisonment at Preston in 1929 for housebreaking he was suffering from a weak heart, and while at Parkhurst ho did 'light work, such as mail-bag making. Tho chief medical officer stated at the inquest that there was no doubt that Wild's excitement over the prospetft of his release caused a fatal heart attack.; A verdict was returned accordingly*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21030, 14 November 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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