Inquest.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 6, 14 March 1888, Page 54

Inquest.

An inquest was held on the 26th December last, at the Golden Fleece Hotel, Ilawkcsbury, by E. H. Carew, Esq., Coroner, on the body of a man, name unknown, found hanging by the neck from a tree, in a gully at Merton, on the 24th of the same month. Verdict: “ Suicide by hanging.” Description of deceased: About forty years old, sft. llin. high, medium build, brown hair, sandy beard whiskers and moustache turning grey; dressed in brown-tweed trousers and vest, and lace-up boots. A coat of similar material to the trousers and vest, a black soft felt hat, a blue single blanket, twelve photographs, a pair of moleskin trousers, a singlet, a pair of drawers, two Crimean shirts, a towel, four pairs of socks, five cotton handkerchiefs, a tweed hat, four neckties, a linen collar, a pocketbook, two purses, a Testament, a pair of spectacles in wooden-case, a knife, two combs, a pair of scissors, a looking-glass, four pipes, a nailbrush, and several other articles were found at the place where deceased had apparently been sleeping. From inquiries made deceased is supposed to be identical with James Cobban, a labourer.