LATE CITY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 601, 1 March 1929, Page 11

LATE CITY

POLICE INQUIRY (Continued from Page 1.) afternoon SESSION Dr . Gilmour continued his evidence afternoon and was again crossinured by Mr L 1* Lea.y as to causes ot death. ilr. Currie objected to Questions of this nature. Cause of death, he said, *, s outside the scope of the inquiry. Page intimated that the queson<s must be kept within reasonable compass of the inquiry. \if. hoary; if the yirl was in a state 0 [ exhaustion and wandered halfjozed into the scrub, and woke up at „i"ht to hud licrself being attacked b,° rats, would not her fear, in that Condition, bo more acute? 1 Witness: l should think so. Witness said that it' he were to conduct the same examination again he aid not think ho would conduct it in different way. Mr. Leary: You use the term ‘no .yidence" in your report. You state that there was no evidence to show Vus* of death. Legal men would take •no evidence" to mean tha t there was nothing at all. Witness: -No. we meant that there s not sufficient evidence. Vlr Currie: TVlten this newspaper man approached you with a piece of mood he wanted examined, did he apdreach 'Oil in a professional capacity? "witness: Yes. he paid for it. If I had informed the police of the work done for him it would have been a breach of professional etiquette. ... ( Proceeding. >