MISSING SINCE OCTOBER.
VERDICT OF SUICIDE. Auckland. Last. Night. At the inquest concerning the death of Charles Robert Hewett, aged 63, whoso body was found in an old gum field near Milford on December 2, evidence was given that deceased had been missing since October 2. He had £2OO in bank notes and a portmanteau when he left home, but neither could be found. The body was-fully clothed, and there was a shot-gun beneath it. The Coroner returned a verdict of suicide by shooting.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3578, 21 December 1926, Page 3
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84MISSING SINCE OCTOBER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3578, 21 December 1926, Page 3
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