CORONER'S INQUIRY.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 99, 10 December 1879, Page 2

CORONER'S INQUIRY.

The District Coroner, Piers Eliot Wsfi~ burton, Esq., held a coronial investigation on Saturday, at M'Kenzies Otangakr Hotel, As hurst, into* the' eiruu instance* attending the death,- of Henry. Mumford, which occurred the previous oyeningr The following. Jury, was sworn, and then profeedod to, view the bc/fv, ' n nfteY wiiiiih evidence was takenj—^Philip Castle Prbtheroe, William Alderson, J'nep'h 'Smith,. William Davidson, William George Leigh, John Ji.<yi<& Iteie'i, Jamei Joha Le igo^ William Havns, Joseph Clarke Maiiri ler, Richard Hart, Jolm Rasmussaii^aivl Herbal.l/ttuas. '•-'•.? - :. 'v^i ■.'"■' ,' '■" ■; The feW witness e*amiri»li was WjHiam." Hill, who depospd II saw- deceasedrvbout 5.30 o'felof'k. ' He'vras then rirling away from the-Otansfnki Hptel.r About fire minjjies. % affer thstt \ 3{iw him Irins: _ ija Vie. middle of' the. roai*, Vinj»eri«i'»le. ! horse was standing b,f ; him. When I first saw him mounting his liorse he was perfectly soHe,r. . ' : ; .'•'...- Tn ; t'ie Constable : I "ditb not see. tTia de.-'; cea'spA drinking, neither <lid I sea 'him racing. ■■ - . - '. : " ', ' ; . „.". Thomas Grammar, examined : lam a settler residing tfo' Stouevy: 0»«ek. knew the dewrtsed, ft nd saw hinii ; U'i alivf and well about five, o't-loek last' nighti ■' I'.wai riding with him, but ray howe passed his and Jveould n-it pnll "up. for some Mime. -A3 soon t^ I could do bo i- turned back to look for oVeased, and found 'him I^iiig m the. ron'l supported by the last witness. He was perfectly sober when I lost saw him. To the Con3to.ble, - v Wa wera drinking very Kttle m Palruersto&, before, wo came t6 As ?i unst. •.- . ■ ■-.■'.■ • • : " James Fulton being ewoyn.:. I am, a miner. I saw the deceased somewhere about three o'clyc^ yesterday 'ttf^er.n.iou^ and had a glass' with htm. He appeared to beperfectlv sober. / - ''By the Constable :. I had only onje. drink.. ! with him, and did- not' see. niuV tirinX any more. ' ' ' ' ' •■ ■ ■• By the Foreman •„ I did not the, d«-_; ceased' w'ellj Juviug only seen : him ithrbeT times, hut he didnot appear' to beii person, easily affected bvdrfnki J .-■-,; Colin M'Kenzie, lundlprd 1 of thftO^ahgaki Hotely deposed r'Tvknew" tho' deceasefl. i ; saw him \wi alireand well ab mj half past' five Testerdifty evening: . fiEe ; "\nns" then'get-_ ting ©p his horae' to go aw:iv ! with TThomass s Grammar. He was perfeotly. sober aithel lime. I did not' suppW : the. deceased' with more than three drinks (beer) 7 while hf wa« here, nor d«rl anj'one else. The, decease* wan a sober man. ; . * " To the Cpn.at'iWftCThe drinks were, about t^ree tjuartera i of a'jjint of beeiv each". H« . j Wtw here yesterday ftftfrnoOß &>r aj»out an hour ana a half: He %iii &*&■ vshUlliig-j oor.:n r .: him. • •• ' '

practitiouer, depooed.: I was scut for to sac the. deceased, and I caw him first about . 8.30 last night. He was then insensible - from concussion of the brain. I did not leave him until, ho died, which was shortly -\. after midnight:: HV did not recover cou- „ Bciousnoss before his death. His tongue wim bifcl en off, but I did not see him until three hours after r the accident. I cannot , say that theri; was much hannorrhage, but there must have been some, as tlie lingual mi --teTered: Iv my opinion death was from conuutsion of tiie brain, caused -by-a-heavyrfallrimd-extmvasationrp*- blood- ,-i witUin the braiui», The. ttkull was t not ;fi*3^ tnrad. There were no Vigns of aeary drink>. 'ingnaßoue r tlirderfew6(a. *~ ----^" ---•-: This was tlia>wliole dfthe eTidenee,,,afterv. the w Coroner had; referred tot^pme points 7 connected /therewith,- , iho^Jjiry^ returned '\ "v theLfoUowing^^ : Terdict— : " Thaf^ ;th'e*dev -i, ceased, Henry Muiuford, met: his death on the sth . of December^ through injuriei/ .■'■, j received by being thrown from hi» horse.*