CORONER AND BEER
'IMPOSSIBLE TO GET DRUNK
Mr. Douglas Cowburn, the coroner, was told bv a doctor at an inquest at Camberwell that a man killed by a car had apparently taken some beer shortly before the accident. The coroner remarked:—“That docs not signify much. _ I should think it was impossible to get intoxicated on the present weak condition of beer.” He was satisfied the man was not under the influence of drink.
Edwin Guest, the victim of the accident, was stated to have been an inmate of an institute of Southwark Guardians and a master of the institution said that the man would have little money, but he might be treated to a drink by sympathetic people outside during an afternoon oft. The coroner said it was a very natural thing for friends outside to stand “these poor people” a drink. “I think if I came across a poor man like that 1 should probably stand him one myself, though 1 should not give him spirits." A verdict of accidental death was recorded, the driver being exonerated.
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Southland Times, Issue 20793, 6 June 1929, Page 10
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178CORONER AND BEER Southland Times, Issue 20793, 6 June 1929, Page 10
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