A Supposed Dead Man Turns Up.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) "Dunedin, Tuesday. In June last an inquest was held on a swagger who had died from taking vermin killer. The body was at that time supposed to bo that. of'J.imes Barr, and was so recognised by a person who claimed to he a friend of Barr. A day or two ago the veritable James Barr, on whom the inquest was supposed to have been held, walked into the hotel, where it was held, and was recognised. He had been living' at Mataura, and heard nothing of the inquest till recently. There is no clue as to the identity of the body on which the inquiry was held.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1577, 9 December 1885, Page 4
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116A Supposed Dead Man Turns Up. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1577, 9 December 1885, Page 4
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