THE INQUES T DUNEDIN.
The Coroner's inquest on the remains of the unfortunate German, " Charley," who came to his death by violence, has resulted in an open verdict, " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown.'' The jury could have done nothing more upon the evidence before them. The only facts undoubtedly proved were that the deceased, who had been last seen alive in a state of intoxication on Wednesday night, was battered to death in a remote street in Dunedin, almost immediately afterwards, and that the murderous blows were inflicted by an instrument found on the very spot of the tragedy. The medical evidence sufficiently establishes the cause of death. The whole facts appear to be conclusive as to the purposes of the attack which resulted so fatally. The surgeons who conducted the post mortem examination, gave an account of the injuries inflicted, which precluded the idea that anything less than the murder that was done was intended. — Otago Times.
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Evening Post, Issue 52, 8 April 1865, Page 3
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161THE INQUEST DUNEDIN. Evening Post, Issue 52, 8 April 1865, Page 3
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