SUMMARY.
-•*: j-uo; AJDEBiiOEABLE ißNit).-'-1 »aftod^^ .a Mr Charles .Hockey-reportoj to Jpnstoble ""' Thaw 'who is stationed at thePbvMhat he --■^hSoS&eboay'fbi a-man^the beach ■ - bettSn Cross's wharf and the Marme^hs v indicated, and ..recognised the deceased_as - : sS Fumeßß,^inst- ( whom- a prohibition : iS^issue^ on' the 'previous day^ :We , £?.f^ L?L. a v : n \- ;He has been'm Nelson . 7 he was fined. for: ,bemg, drunk. On Friday •' !_&h7hewaß-.Bef«, by\several persons whp, -'( -Siv2t'iielwas'tlien soberi 'and Constable :i ga^w«feWav^ The Rocks met Kat>about 9; o'clock. - From an examma- ■" -i-Son of the locaUtyj.wherethe body was found appears "m-oha^ Rafter; sittmgon a - "Satlkt tii^aths he-left^his^fack oh Jhe; - br^S&rk arA walked oven When-found ■• hisS^as ioov*ed-,witK blood, and [there an inanest: was held by... Dr .Boor at-, tne » SS r S -W:! O^Hodg S on' (^man^W, : Roberts, >H. ,Young,HJ.oSpiersr i ß. i _Peiiy, . A Youne -E.. H,. ; Hounsell, ,F. (I W. "- Hnffam F '"Robinson, ■H. Snow, E, H.; - ; 1 i;the deceased's'- ' sori-m-law, -:|S\hSWss had.to.s^mg, with '. him! and had been drinlung heayiljipr some „■ -S. Dr Hudson, stated that the. Arose * found an the deceased might be the result of " a fall; and thaiit, combined^ with -had cau^eddeatK ■ Mr Tregea;.deposed that : '.4edecea S edhaving writt^^l^r.^hrs .wife; told:him,that ; it.was ! th e l^t:She^uld ' receive -This'letter was produced by Mr Read, who hadbbtairied^authbrity from, Mrs Furnes^to^et'^th¥:sam'e^utofae r Nelson : Post Office; ;Llt'.wasiy.ery tbrief*,and^vritten : in pencil, .the, first sentence ;bemg : jw. follows: —"Mary;— When you receive this I will be no more^'Constable Rhair having given evidence-asl^^ -%dirigrif J^body^the Jury returned a verdict to the effeot :that the , - deceased- committed^; suicide; ; whilst;an v an "unsound state of mind. The deceased .was about 60years'df age;, ; .,: ( - . f ; ;, ; , '; 1 :
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Colonist, Volume XXVII, Issue 3880, 29 March 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)
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267SUMMARY. Colonist, Volume XXVII, Issue 3880, 29 March 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)
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