A MAN’S DEATH.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 21, 25 September 1913, Page 6

A MAN’S DEATH.

EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST. DISEASED, NOT DRUNK. [Per Press Association.] Wellington, September 25. j At the inquest to-day concerning' 1 the death of a married man aged' 153, named William MaJlett, the evi-j denote showed that the man was arrest-j cd oil Saturday afternoon, and was; charged with drunkenness, being found' in the street in a state of collapse. 1 He got worse in the colls, and was, taken to the hospital, where he died on Monday morning. The medical' evidence indicated that the man was unconscious when admitted to the hospital, and that he died without regaining consciousness. Death was due to uraemia following disease of the kidneys, tend that there was nothing to suggest that drink was the cause of death. The police witnesses stated that Mallott admitted having had several beers. He was visited with exceptional frequency in the cells hut made no complaints, hut becoming worse medical aid was sought. The verdict was that death was due to the cause stated by the doctor and not as the result of drunkenness. The Coroner expressed the opinion that in the circumstances the police could not have done more than had been done.