ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
Per Press Association. Dunedin,'March 5. The death of Samuel Campbell, who was picked up in an unconscious condition on Monday night and lodged in the police cells, and who died in the hospital yesterday, was made the subject of an exhaustive inquiry to-day. The evidence showed that the deceased was much addicted to drink. A constable who knew him in Wellington said he could consume an enormous quantity of liquor which would have no visible effect. Medical evidence showed that death was due to hemorrhage of the brain, which would at first produce a condition not easily distinguishable Horn drunkenness, particularly if the sufferer had been drinking, A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence, the police being completely exonerated.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9388, 6 March 1909, Page 5
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125ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9388, 6 March 1909, Page 5
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