INQUEST

Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 53

INQUEST

WELLINGTON". February 4,

An inquest was held to-day touching the circumstances surrounding the death of Maitha Annie BardVey. a;>ed 64. who died suddenly at Crofton on Tuesday evening.

Henry Bardsley stated that he was formeriv the husband of deceased, but was divorced from her in September. 1906. Deceased, after leaving witness, had been arrested several times, and then had gone to witness for assistance, residiiiß with him at interval*. The lest time she had vioited witness was on December 12. 1907, when she remained with him. The only time she was not sober was on December 31. when she wont to the hospital suffering fiom a very bad eat. She was then considers blv weaker than when she resided v. ifh him formerly. She got a lotion for the ear and a tonic On Sunday morning deceased complained of being ill and weak, but she prepared witne ss brejkfa^t. and wont to bed diiettly. She complained of bcnn? v.eak. and wanWl to,go to tho hospitnl. but ;is witness did not think sho could be taken as an in patient without th° older of a (Joctor she did not ar> On Ti'9-cLiy she became so bad that 2 p.m. \vitnc« sent hi~ son to the doctor who bud 1 cjn attend ins h?i" *o that he could get an order for her admittance to tha ho-pital. The son returned by the 6.30 train, and said that as the doctor was attached to the hospital he could not leave the hospital to see deceased. Witness did not ask for an order, as he understood it was necessary for a doctor to see a patient before admission. Tt/ " w fti Eert KM abla to Jack «liat Jiar.mlfc uq

to Sunday last, after which witness had attended to her the whole of the time. During Tuesday afternoon deceased appeared to be sleeping', and death occurred about 5.30 o'clock. A doctor and the police were sent for, and on their arrival Dr Henry pronounced life extinct.

Dr Henry, who had made a post mortem examination, said there was an abscess on tho surface of the brain and another at the base. He attributed death to the condition of tho brain. The condition of the deceased's liver indicated that she had been given to intemperate habits.

A verdict of " Death from inflammation of the brain was returned. ,