Story of a Mummy.
In the E.B. Div., .before Justice Darling and a special jury, the hearing was concluded of an action in which Mrs A. Aitken claimed damages from the ,L. and’ N.W.B, Co. for negligence in the custody of a Peruvian mummy; consigned >4o - the defendants to be carried .from; Liverpool to Belgium. • T When ihe - package reached .Broadmt,- goods station it was opened, the pblioe weresent for,,and an inquest was the mummy, which was evr;.9ro||| sent to Belgium in such a cq^HKRH ' IHnj
there to be buried. —Defendants denied negligence, and pleaded that any injury done to the mummy had resulted from the action of the police under the orders of the coroner.-—The jury found for plaintiff for £75, and judgment was given accordingly, but a stay of execution was granted with a view to an appeal.
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Manawatu Herald, 30 January 1902, Page 2
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140Story of a Mummy. Manawatu Herald, 30 January 1902, Page 2
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