EX-SOLDIER’S DEATH
POISONED BY LINIMENT.
■By Telegraph—Per Press Association)
WELLINGTON, D#cembor 10.
The importance of preserving all evidence connected with the .sudden, death of anv person, was stressed by Mr McNeil, fS. M., Coronet, at the inquest on Robert Edward Moyiia, returned soldier, who lived at the Returned Soldiers’ Hostel. The evidence showed that on November 22, Moynu was found Buffering ifrom what was thought to be an epileptic file. A doctor was ca.’kd, but when he arrived, Moyna was dead. Deceased’s room was searched and nothing unusual was found and three bottles, one of which contained camphor liniment, were thrown away. As a result of a post mortem, , Dr Lynch, pathologist at Wellington Hospital, found Ithat death was due to poisoning by camphor liniment. The post mortem had been ordered by Air McNeil because he bad been unable to get a certificate as to the actual cause of death.
(Mr McNeil impressed that the public should realise ihait nothing should be destroyed in the event of such happenings, as valuable evidence might be obliterated.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1931, Page 5
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175EX-SOLDIER’S DEATH Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1931, Page 5
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