SUDDEN DEATH AT CARLYLE.

Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 465, 8 October 1879, Page 2

SUDDEN DEATH AT CARLYLE.

Information. was received by the Sergeant of Police on Sunday morning last, that Eliza Stewart had died suddenly during the night, at the house of Thomas Irwin, On proceeding to the house, the Sergeant found the statement to be true. On Monday morning an inquest was held on the body by the Coroner, C. A. Wray, Esq., and a jury. Contradictory evidence was given by Mrs Irvin and Antonio Domingos (who was at the house on Saturday the former stating that little or no drink was taken during the evening, whilst the latter admitted that spirits were drunk freely, the deceased taken having several glasses, besides what she might have bad during the day. Dr. Croft, who made a post mortem examination, gave evidence to the effect that death was caused by disease of the heart ; but that excessive drinking, if indulged in, would have hunied death. After the evidence was taken, the jury retired, and shortly after returned with the following verdict I—“ That it Is the opinion of the jury that the death of the deceased, Eliza Stewart, from the medical evidence, was disease of the heart, accelerated by excessive drinking ; also, that the evidence of Mrs Irwin has been very contradictory ; also, that the police should hold strict surveillance on the said residence of the said Irwin.”