A PECULIAR CASE.
j> er p re a8 Association. AUCKLAND, November 7. (Mr. Greeihaan (City Coroner) held an inquiry into the cause of the fire which cocurrred -on the night of November 2 or in the early hourse of next morning in a house in Richmond Road. The house was owned by Mr Davenport and let to Miss Heldt, who sublet a portion of it to Dr Gowlland. The fire did only about 30b. worth of damage to & door.
After a retirement of 40 minutes the jury returned the following verdict:— The unanimous opinion of the jury is that Dr Gowlland, while suffering from the effects' of excessive drinking and dptige, did in a fit of frenzy set fire to the house with the sole intention of fjrightening (Mrs Gowlland, but without any intention of burning down the house. One juryman said that while he thought t!he doctor had -wilfully lit the fire lie intended not to 'burn the house, but to put the fire out again.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12648, 8 November 1905, Page 5
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167A PECULIAR CASE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12648, 8 November 1905, Page 5
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