THE INQUEST.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12759, 12 January 1905, Page 3

THE INQUEST.

An inquest into 1 the circumstances surrotuiding the death _of Cecil Wallace Crocker was held at .vir S. Crocker's residence, Devon-street East, at 1 1 a.m. on Thursday, before Vlr T, Hutchison, Coroner,, and the following jury :— Messrs S. Hooper (foreman), C. Brown, A. Lealand, E. Whittle. J. Harkcr, and W. Hart. Serereant Haddrell conductcc: the euquiry. Tho Coroner said that after viewing the body it would be necessary to adjourn the inquest in order to obtain the evidence, of material witnesses engaged in the railway service. He believed that medical evidence would be forthcoming to indicate that died from - a broken neck, - which he must have received by colliding with part of the engine. After viewing the body the followingformal evidence was taken :—: — Samuel Hill, Government Valuator for Taranaki., deposed that the deceased's name was Cecil Wallace Cro"ker, aged 25 years. He had known him from childhood. The inquest was then adjourned till 2 o'clock on Friday at the Courthouse. Dr. Home was callec: in to examine the body of deceased, and it is understood that the doctor found that dacease'd's neck was broken. Some think that deceased attempted to get on the cowcatcher of the mail on the south side of the station in order to ride in to the station, and whild doing so met with tho accident, and his body remained on the front part of the engine and cowcatcher. Mmi»_mM.itum-j-wMi-M hum — mtmu