THE LATE INQUEST & WAKEFIELD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 321, 2 December 1875, Page 2

THE LATE INQUEST & WAKEFIELD.

To tue Editor of ths « Eveotng iLui..' . ; S l?~ v 8 P ne °^ the Wat th<J Joqae.theld on the bjdy of the late Wil!i»m Drager I wish to protest ag*ina6 the rider that was atrached to the verdict. Icm see no good fn it, and certainly there waa ho e?ilence bef ra the jury to allow ilrat any $ucb/ rider was requ.red but on t ß e contrary, the evidence ■ went to Bhow that the bretherof the debased . dii all in bis power to fiad the miteqg mm. Had It been proved that the brother! had iaot * iltfM^s. Bo^^ 1^ 8 6 °ge^?e thea\he case woald have beesraW ren^ bat shah "tha 'rot* the case, but theWerse, Mr S Migeat / one of the j ury, stale! at the iaqiesS thft omi day when the decease! was in a low wayTHH was talking about making away with iriaiseh*, he asked him the qnaation wbetheV he and bi« S*¥"f. agre * d a ** -| w»««b when he replied ■S? .if? TO( y"8°od to him and «iMil. him whether Mrs Dragee and he agreed, when:he stated that she w& good woWan, ttuafe, fak ng, tfaafrja coojanotiqa, .wills. the awora ew eace of Jjfc brqeher^hiC^he both iooked and enquired lor^im.ev C Eh day g>ffertHa licat til he was found, there is sufficientto alear Mmiof all rbjame, but according to ar tlfat the jury were wanimo-m in rSfcSlr ll^ c n^ done |%^a6bß T flfl a l e^ c*e * feuc ° wa » 9? 6tl seas«; as ** tha M««^ • I.dtd apt c S ree to- it,.. and there were otnerr who did r nq£ ote for it ; It. was neToe .askedl ?jho voted i tfti st T it. In* coaclas/00, I # oa m gay ihas'Bfr Dj eP wS placed in a pacaliap position, aad te did, so g? M he how-to', all tor the best;/ *WBr!V th*6 m*h wh<* ha* aWer^bee/? Jlaced iv :iuch ;a position that ho didvaot ( Muw to act, and thrice hnppy is he. frho. &n& wg himself in a^jik a pqiition. b;4* : #o 1 ne i thM which ha ottght to hara don^ :&t& ibnvWaone that .wfiich he bu^nt not to ha^ dpe.^^ : "