DEATH IN BED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21976, 10 June 1933, Page 12

DEATH IN BED

INQUEST OPENED An inquest on the body of Featherstone Moore, who was tound dead in bed at a house in Glasgow street on June 5, was opened yesterday, Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M., sitting as coroner. Sergeant M'Entee represented the police John M. Moore, a butcher, of Greyraouth, identified the body as that ot his father. Witness stated that the deceased was o2 years of age and was a miner. About three and a-half years ago the deceased had become ill and had then been granted a miner’s pension for phthisis. Witness had not seen his father since he had left Greymouth and he did not know why the deceased had come to Dunedin.—Georgina Coulter said that she lived in Glasrrow street. About three weeks ago she had taken the deceased in as a boarder. On June 4 she had gone out and on her return she found that the deceased had gone to bed. Next morning the deceased had failed to answer her call and she had <mne into his room and found him in bed apparently dead.—Constable Olliffe evidence of having been called to the house of the previous witness where he had found the deceased dead in bed.— The coroner adjourned the inquest sine die in order that the results of the postmortem examination might be aseeitained. _______