CORONER’S REMARKS
RIFLES SHOULD NOT BE MOVED
IF POLICE: ARE; IN DOUBT
(Per Press Assm uition -- l opyr.ght I
HAMILiON, February 13,
John Henry 'Robinson, a railway guard, aged 46, : a widower full three Was found dead in h;s bedroom with a pe.,Title in Ins hand, at home in Huia Street, FrankUm, this morning. At the inquest w hich opened to-day, ii -s son, CivCie AlcDonald Robinson, aged IY, said tl-juit hits father hud be e n depressed over thg death of his wife ;.u October, ami worried -ovo r domestic trouble win.i the neighbours. Adjourning the inquest, and ordering -a post mortem, the C (,l 'o:ver, Mr Wvvein Wilson, S.M., remarked that the sergeant of police was dissatisfied with the position of body. M l '
Wilson was surprised to notice that the rifle had been handled. Such should not be done in suspicious cases. If the police wer.e dissatisfied with the position of tj'me body, the weapon should not be touched til] handled by Kin ' expert. It probably had no significance hi th*s cas-e, ■but the matter wars one where the utmost cai'e was necessary.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1933, Page 6
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186CORONER’S REMARKS Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1933, Page 6
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