CHRISTCHURCH.
THE STABBING CASE. . ] Juno 30. i The inquest on the body of Wardcs i White was resumed at the Lunatiil Asylum yesterday afternoon. Dr. Coward, -i surgeon of the Asylum, gave evidence ti i the effect that Price had never, to hi | knowledge, had a lucid interval, but li ( | was regarded as harmless, and it wi I usual to give such patients considerate ; liberty. He did not consider Price re sponsible for his action. When he stabbei 4 White it was a sudden impulse, ami 1 such impulses could not be fully guardci } against in a place liko a Lunatic Asylum ! where the attendants wont about, as i i were, with their lives in their hands. Bit i W. Seager, keeper of the Asylum, made/, statement to the effect that the Asylum, grounds, as he had frequently pointed! out, required fencing in, and that mon j accommodation was required for malt; patients. They returned a verdict to tin ) effect that White- died from a stab in \ flicted by Price, who at the time was o ■< unsound mind, adding as a rider tlw more warders should be provided to 100 l after the patients while exercising. i
Sixteen dogs are entered for the inj augural coursing match to take place oi Monday next. i
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 370, 30 June 1877, Page 2
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