A FATAL FALL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1468, 17 June 1912, Page 4

A FATAL FALL.

■TCITNiSS'.iK MANSLAUGHTER CASE

.'■' (By, ■'Tcle'sr'apli'.—Press* Association,) ..-. -y~ . : 'X, ■>;;■ Christchurch, Juno 15. ■ .the death of t\\(> coroner returned a iTyerdictrithiit'"death was tlie result' of tin Vinjury^eaused^bv,; a'fall.'.due to.-the dc'ceasedj.Beingv'EUsnot.by..- Albert -David Cie-

; riven by Henry Clements concerning? his brother \ Albert's. move-'m-entivoii.tlio.King's. Birthday. . : >.VTheijwitness -.was' several ■■ times warned ; by\th*; : coroiier. that ho.-was-running ft risk ;;6fy-nroseeutioa for perjury, ana at one stage',.counsel for Albert Clemeats rc.Hred;. with; the. witness to discuss the posiHon^'s3^:ivi ,v! ■■" ■ :,

pressure,' Hie" witness admitted ;that'.lie saw his brother and Syraonds in : front of , .the-Koyal George Hotel, and that s'.'soraeione": pushed the deceased. .He .also,admitted, that only hinieelf, . his .brottterjfr'and<'the-.'deceased- were present.' Asked;if ho bad caused the'fall, the witness said; "No."; Hβ further stated that ■the deceased was' , not .sober. . himself and-his brother had been drinking. ;; : :The-(:Coronor . was moved by another 'stnienvent*-to', repeat that the. witness was a liar.?:--. Counsel protested that, the coro'ner' was unfair, and that the .witness was actuated by good motives. " ■■•■'. i::,Tho coroner: To protect lus brother. I am:here-.to getat tie truth, .and not to allow,lies'to be told;'n''J'V *' '"*■•>"■■■'.. ■' ■'■ .

:+ Suiisequently Albert .Clements'' ■' was charged with manslaughter, and remand-ed<tiUvTuesday;-m-.v ,«> ; :.-; x'tjXrkj^.-j.