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MRS. MITCHELL'S DEATH
HUSBAND’S STATE AFTER ACCIDENT.
fPer Press Association).
Palmerston N., Nov. 22.
Enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Esther Ann Mitchell, wife of A. K. Mitchell, of Newbury, who passed away at the Palmerston North Hospital on. November 10, consequent on serious injuries sustained when the car her husband was driving collided with a Public Works train on the R.angitikei line, was conducted before Mr. Graham, coroner, to-day. Medical evidence was given that Mitchell, when examined after the accident, was suffering from the after effects of alcohol. One witness said he was still prepared to have driven with him, and another witness that he would have done so on a straight road. When Mitchell was called to the witness box his counsel asked the coroner to warn him that he need not answer any questions that might incriminate him, as passfbly a charge was pending. After counsel had objected to police questions and the objections being upheld bv the coroner, Mitchell left the box. The case is proceeding.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 22 November 1927, Page 6
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176MOTOR SMASH SEQUEL Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 22 November 1927, Page 6
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