A DRUNKEN SPREE.
THE CORONER'S INQUEST. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Tuesday. At the inquest on the body of Wra. Henry Whitesides, found dead after a drunken spree at Buck's camp, the doctor who made the post mortem said there were no external evidences of recent violence. There was an effusion of blood in the lungs, as if the man had been struck a blow, but this was not sufficient to cause death. There was evidence that deatli was caused by suffocation. It was easy for a drunken man to be suffocated by falling on his face. One witness stated that deceased complained to him early in the evening of having been struck by Jack Sheldon with a lump of wood. John Thomas Sheldon, who was cautioned by the coroner before giving evidence, stated that the row started in the whare between Kennedy, Whitesides and himself. He left the whare and went to Buck's shanty and slept there until daylight. He had no personal quarrel with Whitesides. The jury returned a verdict that death was due to suffocation.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 157, 20 November 1912, Page 5
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177A DRUNKEN SPREE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 157, 20 November 1912, Page 5
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