DROWNING FATALITY
OPEN VERDICT RETURNED Remarking that there was no evidence to show whether the man had committed suicide or been accidentally drowned, the coroner, Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., returned an open verdict when the inquest was held yesterday, concerning the death of James Hanna. Mr. Hanna’s body was found floating in the harbour on December 21, three days after he was reported missing. Henry Crabtree Frost, of 53 Margaret Avenue, Mount Albert, said he was related to Mr. Hanna by marriage. Deceased was a single man, aged 65, and lived with witness. He had been in bad health for two years and latterly his heart attacks had become more frequent. Witness last saw him alive outside the Post Office at 7.30 p.m. on December 18. As he did not return home at his usual time, the police were notified. “I do not think he committed suicide,” added Mr. Frost. “I think he was overcome by illness and fell into the water.” Constable Collins, who recovered the body from beneath Prince’s Wharf at 5 p.m. on December 21, said that it bore no signs of violence, and there was ,£l3 18s 3d in the pockets.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 867, 10 January 1930, Page 11
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196DROWNING FATALITY Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 867, 10 January 1930, Page 11
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