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Inquest.

An inquest was held on the 26th ultimo, at the Puki-iviti Hotel, Shag Point, by J. W. Murdock, Esq., Coroner, on the body of a man, name unknown, who was found drowned in the Shag River, at Shag Point, on the 24th ultimo, when the following verdict was returned: “ That deceased met his death by drowning in the Shag River on the 24-th ultimo, but how he got into the water there is no evidence to show.” Description : Supposed a sailor, between forty-five and fifty years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, stout build, fair complexion, full face, large nose, brown hair, grey whiskers and moustache ; was dressed in double-breasted diagonal black sac-coat, bound with black braid, four outside pockets, dark-moleskin trousers considerably worn at bottoms, striped-cotton shirt, sheplierds’-plaid necktie with large black-and-white spots, and blucher boots without nails. He drank heavily at the hotels along the road between Dunedin and Waikouaiti, and said that he had been on the spree and had spent £27-

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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 10, 17 May 1882, Page 77

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Inquest. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 10, 17 May 1882, Page 77

Inquest. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 10, 17 May 1882, Page 77

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