CORONER’S INQUEST.
On Saturday last, the Ist instant, an Inquest was held at the Highlander Inn, Kai-warra-warra, before John Fitzgerald, M.D.. Coroner, on the body of William Edwards, labourer, who was found dead on the Kai-warra-warra road. It appeared from the evidence,. that the body was discovered lying about three feet below high water mark, with the head partially buried in the sand. It is supposed that the deceased, who had been previously drinking, had fallen down and was stunned, when suffocation ensued before he could recover himself.
Verdict. —Found drowned, with no marks of violence.
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New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 19, 4 October 1842, Page 2
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96CORONER’S INQUEST. New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 19, 4 October 1842, Page 2
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