INQUEST AT CARTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4285, 26 November 1892, Page 3

INQUEST AT CARTERTON.

An inquest wbb held this morning it tho Court House, Carterton, beforo Jolonol Roberts, District Coroner, mil (i jury ol six, touching tho death >f Mrs Maty Aniie Walker, who met vith the buggy accidonl on Thursday ast. The following jury to empanlellenMessrs T. Pructor (forcjau), E. L. Wakolm, Win. Downnnl, 8. M. Hart, A. Andrews aud W. J. LinJop. After viewing the body of the deceased, the following evidence waa heard Alfred King, storekeeper, deposed! Ou Thursday, the 24th inst, I was driving on the Kukatau road, 1 saw the deceased with some other ladies in company with MrDellerin a waggonette. I waß close behind thai. I saw the horso which Doller was driving attempt to make a bolt, I saw something hanging ,to the horse's beels, which turned'out to bo the shaft, JlrDeller, in | trying to pull the horse up, put his fqot on the brake, overbalanced himself and fell out. I then saw the deceased attempt to : jump from the bind I part of the vo- ; hide, and she fell, J then jumped ] out of my trap and went to the assis- ' tance of Mr Deller. \Mr Kraghan 1 cams up and also went to tho assia- J tance of the deceased. 1 i

Dr. Johnston deposed!, I am a duly qualified medical practitioner residing iu Carterton. I wad. called to see the deceased on Thursday Inst at 8 p.m. I found her cold and clammy, suffering from a shock and a concussion of the brain. J only examined her head. 1 found a oontusion about the size of a hen's egg on the|>ack of tbo head. Judging by the position I should say that the deceased, must hare fallen backward. I consiaor the deceased came by her death b/iooncussion of the brain, followed by. extravasation of blood. ) The jury brought in a verdiot according to the doctor's ovidence.