Heart Failure
MEDICAL EVIDENCE IN NAPIER CASE. Following the fracas on the Marine Parade, Napier, the other day when the matter of the possession of a child was m dispute, and the subsequent death of William Chalmers Clark caused John and Maurice Breen to be ar-r rested on charges of manslaughter, some new light was thrown on the affair when a Coronial inquiry was held into the circumstances surrounding the death. Medical evidence went to show that deceased had suffered only superficial injuries, and a yerdict was returned that death was due to a diseased heart, embarrassed by the excitement arising out of the struggle. '•,''" . John and Maurice Breen were subsequently remanded for a further week on charges of manslaughter, and on this occasion bail was allowed.
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NZ Truth, 7 February 1925, Page 6
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127Heart Failure NZ Truth, 7 February 1925, Page 6
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