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j)UIH or l-ABOL-UEK ,| - . ?I FPOHI I'UK I'Ol-ONINt; THEOKY 1 t exhaustive police enquiry, I ' j the theory of poiyonmsj was investigated, the .nque^t ;! of Lc^ :c Rw* :vk ' Kc!; - aged 28. of 234 Wa:--J rcs d Harewooa. v.-ho was bv a C/.:: «•« : Z*e **■» rc.ui.ied bcf« re Coroner. > mwrs- •• ~V ( > oclice save ewueno. mat ' support the tne.,ry ul •"%V A .j ut-eii disclosed by the;r '-".'in, and the coroner jy -e-j.:.' n accordance w;t:i . <ccal evidence. that death v. us " elated v.-iih hypi ; iullov.--:: 1 ; chrome J ttl «. iJLii-i'. p Cl.itUUftCCj J. s riCLiJs ftr tie police. 1 _i 1 T Grigg. Government 1 -s«< e:i February 1 lie f" <„ I):tec'..ve McKenzie a v; t- i ir is containing powder.-; I vh-eh he anal>>t-d. It was W•«it { T food and water, in cer--_-jv:cej. to become con--ati .> i"c. Witness identified r/ . , Government analyst h s uno had analysed the ~a'« 'VrKaxe. There was stated j«ie of mercury, but 84 j.-i-tr'nsc -.vas found in the z rzzex organs. The analyst ■ ' r"' niteti 'ha', the amount _ tes t\an j poisonous dose, " had been ill from : • ■ -IS aritU his death on _ . • , . pc.*»'ibie that a eon- ■ ifjd been passed out . 4 I-. r_ Witness thought it ,'a>. e '.at a lart;e quantity j ' at an earlier staye z.t: ilir.ts;. in order to j •*fci'i the ac.ou:.t of zinc would •• . k very considerable. The j J®r. Eir.ount to be found in a t CL tody was recognised to be 10 ' It sJLframs to the kilogram of S W.toesi had not had personal 1 ,J: ~'~i of anything like such an [SS bejtg found in n liuiaan body. 5 s sat iiiely accidental method of I jetting ir.to the organ:; would | '/ s the opinion of witness, the use | - £*t.ve cx/king utensils. 1
Mwtica! Evidence "feomtCß Dudley. muLeal "• K * «L'-d house surge-on at the ;*?*«!> Hospital, said that Mt>4«ai admitted on December 27. examination he contut death was consistent -,vith uraemia, which is the r "®* e chronic nephritis, t, , " J ': C. -Brittoii, assistant at Christchurch Public produced a report of his post- ** oac:nat:c>!!. From the re- '•* ar-ahv. ai.d his own ex->-.'.:.irss considered that t.. a " Je * io resulting 'S-;-- -'-ephrlt )f long steiiici" telf? * 6B a!so hypostatic i common thing in such t*. thought that the ir»r. . organs in which the * v °uld be in excess of W0l; ld make the I' """ D -*' trie Wellington anavlXh the maximum l! a y j o * * r; normal bodies, j. married woman, of "'iew** 1 that Leslie Ross Mc- • i-J* v* T , • Bori " He had enjoyed "-t™ until a week before , '1 , c ? pital - He i:ad been il -it* t.® market garden. r o ®■*■ He !il ~"l riwe!riL ' tr 2: - He went ** *~r" Inc, ni!r;i and took 5®.. The water for ti.e b: '' t;i,; (-'hine.se. i ; . *'*"*.< i.'Tt, v '' as rk.n:: at the * When v-it-!»;'•<At:*; - lU ' c -•< !a y o» 1,1 cf .''lmcs.*. He §?W»- u f c ! r - lUr If De, - eni - J,^ r ' n kmg I cw ua Iffi of , V.'aiinakariri ■P*i of ti.e preWs"* *a'»f 4id tha? i,; - war; a! Fw -:'- :• ai'kct «:iL. * iT ■ Mar-hlnnd. m o:'j vhi d 1 they IB?* tow .■■ .'* v, '-tne.-:-'s son comhi Sf ct,a ' le drank made had the cocoa Iff'toy. Z,"-i cc "ipiaii,ed of ■;•!- B* ! *- red tLe »bi!:ty " s taker, , ~r » U; to -I.> c at;. ~f thafp;...,; "" v - >, he wa.-. t•.i-j i„. a sanlt '-" " f y,A,K ■K?<l an ■fctCf 1 ® 8 (JUij d the:.- by ii . oic of hls *u J l!na c-vi-P*fli dieT y ,i,al M,J " aUc to po;ioninji.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21416, 7 March 1935, Page 21
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