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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 235, 22 June 1918, Page 8

An inquest was conducted by Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., Coroner, yesterday, touching the dentil of Philip Bnsil Atkinson, a returned soldier, whose body wa? found on the belch alinut ;i miio from Muritai early on Wednesday morning. Sergeant Wado appeared on behalf uf the police. Percy Howeroft, storekeeper nt Day's Bay, snid lip had frcquoiitly seon the deceased in his shop. Witness last saw him on Tuesday morning, when he appeared very depressed. He. was always speakin.? about the war, and srpnornlly in a morbid sort of manner. Evidence was given by Constable J, W. T). Thompson, in charge of tho Day's Bay and Rona Bay districts, who examined the body, thai: on the lapel of the. deceased's coat he found a returned soldier's badge• with the number 23/2.191. Tho bndy had I lie appearance of having been in tho water for only a short while. Constable Thompson stated that lie hud been informed that deceased was a barrister and solicitor. The Coroner said tho evidence tended to show that deceased was a single man. about !S years of ago. lint, there \v>s no evidence to show how ho entered the water. It was impossible to form any definite opinion as to whether dentil was premeditated or nnl. A verdict of "Pound drowned" was returned.

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