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It\jbOMMENT BY CORONER . OF THE LAW 1 . -■:Per Press Association. TIMARU, January 25. ' ll At the inquest on Caroline Mary ■-Wilson, the evidence showed that de- ' ceased endeavoured to secure poison ‘Tram three chemists hut withput success. She then went to a florist and secured a carton of hlackleaf poison •saying she required it for chrysauthennims. On returning home she .drank the poison, death following soon after. A verdict of suicide by poison selfadministered was returned, the coroner commenting on the inconsistency of a law which permitted florists and others to. sell poisons without restriction, whilst chemists were properly required to comply with tho regulations under the Poisons Act.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12354, 26 January 1926, Page 6
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114v f SALE OF POISONS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12354, 26 January 1926, Page 6
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