CORONER’S INQUIRIES

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8362, 24 February 1913, Page 11

CORONER’S INQUIRIES

THE DEATH OF JESSIE HOULT, “NO SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.” The inquiry into the death of Jessie Edith Hoult, who died at the hospital on February sth, was concluded before the coroner, Dr A. McArthur, S.M., on Saturday. Deceased had been removed to the hospital after being found in a serious condition in a house m home street. At the opening of the inquest some trouble arose over the burial of the body before the holding uf the inquest. On Saturday Senior-Sergeant Rutledge, who conducted the inquest for the police, stated that ho had been unabie to ascertain who had supplied deceased with certain medicines. Dr McArthur, in giving, in accordance with the medical evidence, a verdict that death was due to bums caused by the injection of lysol, said there nad evidently been a misunderstanding between the hospital doctors and the police as to a certificate of death and a warrant to bury. As coroner, he was penectly satisfied that he hod instructed the police that an inquest would be necessary. Owing to some misunderstanding Die hospital authorities concluded that no inquest •■ was uooessar{y, and the body was interred without a warrant to bury being authorised by the coroner. There was a distinction between a doctor being able to give a certificate of the cause of death and the coroner giving a certificate to bury. He did not doubt that the misapprehension took place on the part of the hospital doctors, but having heard all the evidence, he had no hesitation in saying' that the full and fair decision os to the cause of death was in accordance with the medical evidence. It would not be necessary to exhume the body, which he had not viewed, as there were no suspicion' circumstances, r ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED. An inquest was held on Saturday on the body of Walter Francis Pengelley, a fireman who had been employed on the railways, who.,.was drowned through the capsizing, Of a boat at Paekakarild on February ,18th. Evidence was given by Francis Joseph Maloon, railway engine-driver, and James Guinnene, railway clerk, to the effect that they had, with deceased, been out fishing a mile or so, from the Paekakariki beach. On returning their boat got amongst the rollers. ' The first one they negotiated all right, but the second broke on top of the boat, half filled it with water, " and capsized it. Malcoh and Gmiincno clung to the boat, and an oar was thrown to Pongelley. However- the latter, who it is -thought could not swim, disappeared, and nothing more was seen of him. The body of the deceased, who was a single man, twenty-throe years of age, was recovered op Friday on the Paokakariki beach, . • i . •'■ A verdict of "accidentally drowned" was 'returned. HEART FAILURE. Dr A. McArthur, 8.M., coroner; held an inquest on Saturday in connection with the death of Isaac Bchneideman, sixty-eight years of age, who died at his son's residence, Central terrace, Kolbumo, on the evening of the tfto ins't. Dr Rawson, who was summoned, said the man had every appearance of having had a heart attack. A verdict was returned that death was due to heart failure. KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR. , v An inquest will be held this afternoon , touemng the death of Giuseppe Pisani, who died at the hospital on Friday night as the result of being knocked down by a motor car in Wih Us street.