THE LATE INQUEST.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 119, 22 October 1873, Page 3

THE LATE INQUEST.

TO THE EDIT OK. your issue of the 15:.h appears a letter signed “ \ index,’’ in whicli the writer infers that the jury in the late inquest on Mr Ciidenlueid was picked by the police as persons most likely to be favourable to them. .Now, as one of those jurymen, I beg most, distinctly to deny that either mj self or any one of the jury were in any wise so influenced, bub discharged our duty in strict accordance with our conscience and the evidence ft he only exception being Mr Morris an, who, I am sorry to say, made most grave assertions). The body of deceased was most minutely examined by the jury, assisted by the doctor and by Mr Remington, the fhrernun, and no trace ot any violence whatever was found anywhere. The rupture was a very simple alTdi—-nothing at all to indicate otherwise than that the death win from natural causes. It was proved that the deceased drank seven glasses of rum (perhaps more), and tins, to a man not in the habit of drinking, X think quite sutlicicnt to bring on mania, ultimately resulting m the fever of which he died. X lie men teal evidence was conclusive, and our foreman (who, from his profession, must have a good know leug«> of eueh matters) was satisfied. I may shoe that on the evening of tne Saturday on win eh the deceased was arrested I was at Mr Bori hwiek's house from about, (> until / p.rn. on a business matter, Mr Bor*Siwu-k was unwell ill bed, but dictated to mo the Jotters he wished me to write and acrid per teal that evening. He w.-i, m.-bo-, us lik«wi«- Mr McKoborts, and t hens fori? could not have been in the township drinking with dece-isod at. that hour, as was alleged. As a resident, on the Quarter Acre? I was glad that I was on the jure, as it completely disabused n»y mind from i he. ez»zgyrated, unfounded, and calumnious r, p-o i-, that were circulat-d against the above perth-s. • - n i ; -o against two humarui and respected n-mh-ri of the police, who have most di-agrep;ibi>; dut i, s to perform in arresting persons uiul'T ihe imluence of dnuk. Should “ Vindex” or (he ■ ! i f, ! ieot juryman succeed ia obtaining a re-invesd gallon oi the case, I am confident t)i tt !he :c whom they blame will coma out cl< ar and wxt'.out fault— I am, Ac., . Jamks T. Duaux-di'. Trn.; align, Uctob-T Id, i 073.