CHRISTCHURCH.
This day. The inquest on warder White was resumed at the Lunatic Asylum yesterday afternoon. Dr. Coward, surgeon of the Asylum, gave evidence to the effect that Price had never to his knowledge had a lucid interval, but he was regarded as i harmless, and it was usual to give such patients considerable liberty. He did not consider Price responsible for his action when he stabbed White. It was a sudden impulse, and such impulses could not fully be guarded against in a place like the Lunatic Asylum, .where the attendants went about as it were with their lives in their hands. C. W. Seager, keeper of the Asylum, made a statement to the effect that the Asylum grounds, as he had frequently pointed out, required fencing, and that more accommodation was required for the male patients. The jury returned a verdict that White died from a stab inflicted by Price, who at the time was of unsound mind; also, that more warders should be provided to look after the patients while exercising. Sixteen dogs are entered for the. inaugural coursing match on Monday next.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2645, 30 June 1877, Page 2
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186CHRISTCHURCH. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2645, 30 June 1877, Page 2
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