The Wellington Pod relates that while the inquest on the Taita was proceeding, a messenger arrived to inform Mr. Griffiths, one of the jurymen, that his wife was dead. The poor man jumped up and made for the door, but the coroner, of course, ordered him to return to his seat. " But my poor wife's dead !" exclaimed the frenzied husband, and a sympathing murmur went round the jury-room. Kindly, but firmly, Dr. Johnson explained that he had no power to lei a juryman go, but he offered to adjourn the inquest to another day if the jury were willing. But the evidence had been completed, and the jury at once decided on their verdict, rendering an adjournment unnecessary. Griffiths' signature was taken first, and then he was allowed to depart.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 646, 10 March 1879, Page 2
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