DEATH IN POLICE CELL

Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1930, Page 3

DEATH IN POLICE CELL

:DT|E T 0 PNEUMONIA; . “(By-leleg^apb—Per Press Association.) tf'i . • ' CHISTOHUROH, July 28. The inquest into the death of Frank V-ifttent Gully, who died in a police cell while under arrest for drunkenness on July loth, was concluded to-day. ■i'Dhh.levidenceV o£ Dr" E. F. Thompson; BkthblogisC- at. Christchurch -Hospital; /who made a'post mortem examination, wai -that--Gully- had died of bronchial pneumonia. According to other evidence, Gully had been until July 14th. a labourer on the public works at'MotukararaXfHc had been ill' at the camp. Vwbelc before lie ■lefty He >vas arrested, wfeeri drunk at three'o’clock in the af- : tornoon, and he admitted having had a. good deal of liquor. He made no complaint of feeling unwell either when arrested or in the cell afterwards. A police constable on duty had visited Gully, who was in a cell by himself. At .-6; plelock the prisoner was asleep, and Jt&.e fcphstable placed more blankets over him. When the cell was next visited' at 7 o’clock, Gully was dead. , • The magistrate found that the cause of death was bronchial pneumonia. He added that all the Police Regulations had been complied with, and there was no indication when Gully was arrested that he was suffering from anything other than drunkenness.