Inquests.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume V, Issue 18, 16 September 1867, Page 120

Inquests.

An Inquest was held at Hokitika on the 29th August, before S. Beswick, Esq,, Coroner on t£e body ol John Smith, aged 42 years, a sawyer, who died trorn compound fracture of the skull, caused by a blow from an axe Verdict, Manslaughter agaipst Griffith Jones. |

An Inquest was held at Christchurch on the 4th mat., before J. W. S. Coward, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Mary Sharpe, aged 35, who died of apoplexy. Verdict —natural causes.

An Inquest was held at Christchurch, on the 9th September, before J. W. S. Coward, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Joseph McGuire, farmer, aged 40 years, who died from the effects of a fall from ahorse. —Verdict accordingly.