Inquests.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume V, Issue 1, 1 January 1867, Page 5

Inquests.

An Inquest was held at Hokitika on the 10th Dec., before S. Beswick, Esq., coroner, on the body of Sarah Ann Jeffney, laundress, aged forty, who committed suicide while in a state of temporary insanity. Verdict —That the woman drowned herself while in a state of temporary insanity, brought on by excessive drinking.

An Inquest was held at Christchurch on the 17th ult., before J. W. S. Coward, Esq., coroner, on the body of Joseph Teesdale Grey, aged seven months, who died of inflammation of the brain. Verdict — Natural causes.

An Inquest was held at Hokitika on the 19th ult before S. Beswick, Esq., coroner, on the body of a man, name unknown, that was washed ashore on the south spit, Hokitika. Verdict—Pound drowned; not known how, when, or where. Description— About thirty-five years old, sft. 9 or lOin. in height, dark sandy hair, small light whiskers, and a moustache, stout build; dressed in grey tweed shirt, under-shirt, red cravat, moleskin trousers, flannel drawers, and Wellington boots.

An Inquest was held at Greymouth on the 19th December, before J. Alymer, Esq., coroner, on the skeleton of a man found on the South Beach, Greymouth. Verdict—Pound at Nelson Creek, on the South Beach, three miles south of Greymouth, but how deceased came by his death there is no evidence to show.

An Inquest was held at Okarita on the 24th ult., before M. Price, Esq., coroner, on the body of a man named John Miers, a native of Schleswig Holstein, aged thirty, a ferryman, who was drowned when endeavouring to cross the Little Wanganui Biver while in a state of flood. Verdict—Accidentally drowned.

An Inquest was held at Lyttelton on the 31st Dec., before Wm. Donald, Esq., coroner, on the body of James Wilkinson Parker, aged twenty-three years, a butcher, who was drowned through the yacht “ Plying Mist” being thrown on her beam ends. Verdict — Accidentally drowned.