YOUNG MAN'S DEATH
MOUNT HOBSON TRAGEDY A verdict of suicide by shooting was returned by the coroner, Mr. F. K. Hunt, when an inquest into the death of Alba n Arthur Custance. labourer, aged 2(3, whose body was found on Mount Hobson on August 19, was concluded yesterday. Police evidence was that deceased bad been found shot through ' the head. Constable Skerritt said there were no other marks of violence ou the body. A letter in which deceased indicated his intention of committing suicide had been left with a friend.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23758, 11 September 1940, Page 12
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