A DRUNKEN JUROR.
, (united press association.) Cheistchdbch, September 29. At the inquest on the body of Symons, a verdict was returned that he died from the effects of an overdose of laudannm, taken medicinally. By some oversight a drunken man was included in the jury, and he puzzled the Coroner by asking him whether, as according to scripture, a man’s life could i depart in the twinkling of an eye, a man’s life could, not also be saved in the same space <if time. For this he was promptly ordered to sit down. The evidence went to show that Symons had been in the habit of . taking laudanum medicinally, and had bought the poison according to regulation. He was sober at the time, and told a friend on Wednesday morning that he was unable to sleep, and was going to take some laudanum.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6694, 30 September 1882, Page 2
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