SUDDEN DEATHS.
THE INQUESTS,
By Telegraph—Press Association.
Napier, last night. At the inquest on the body of Thomas Hamill, an old man, 74 years of age, who was found dead in his house at Hastings, the medical testimony was to the effect that death was due to cold and exhaustion, and a verdict was returned accordingly, Some slight marks and blood found on his face and hands were attributed to mice nibbling at tho body after death. At the inquest on Pari Ludwig Hoffman, found on Thursday afternoon on the Awatoto road, the evidence was to tho effect that shortly before 5 o’clock on Thursday Hoffmann was found by a passer-by walking on the road with his bicycle beside him. An attempt was made to place him on his bicycle, but he fell off again, striking his head against a atone. The jury found that deceased came by his death through a fall on tho road, causing a fracture of tho 6kull. c
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 512, 8 September 1902, Page 2
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