SUICIDE.
Per Press Association. Chris [.church, November 23. . An inquest was hold to-day touch, wg tii e death of James Gillies Mcli. ° dicd s «M«nly at the Rotheifield Hotel yesterday evening. Medical evidence was given that death was due to poisoning by prussic acid, and a verdict was returned that tiie man died from poison 'self. lllere was found oa the body of deceased a piece of cyanide of poiassium sufficient to kill five men, ant } tho doctol , Baid h d; . PPt think it was right that such a poison could be purchased freely in a photographic shop, when restrict tions were imposed in the case of the sales of poisons at a chemist's shop. fho coronor promised to communicaitp with h'cadquarters on - 'he subject. ' '
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81893, 24 November 1906, Page 2
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125SUICIDE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81893, 24 November 1906, Page 2
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