THE INQUEST.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 692, 21 November 1876, Page 2

THE INQUEST.

At four o'clock yeit*rdaj af'ernoon x iaquMt «u held before Dr Beale, -oroner, a d a jury oon*i*ting of the following feraont ub the Hamilton Hotel, namely, !Mr ViaJou, foreman, Meajra D«rt», O wynne, Martin, Walker, B Bandte, A Soott, Uwkini. Ju UtMcn, P«»fc, Jaok«o«, and Von'Bturuj#r. The Jury haying Tiew»l thn body at th* houto if d Oo*ied'« father, sdjuurnftd to the Hamilton HotaL George You g, ax tmine-'l, stated, I am brother of deoo .fcod. Am 16 jeartofage. There were % number of ut at the la^e on Bundaj mornjtpg for the J>u pote of oathing. I und^othert atktd aeoeaeed to oome into the witter alonj with u». He declined, laying, it waa too di-ep. We b«th«d without him *n>J aitar w« b«4 bathed and were fan* 2X) y*rdt on oar road home from th* lake we hnarA two by*b y* who were with him Wi.litm Hill and Alex Hill, ory out tb»t Jj» wae in the cwatw and drowning. The thre* boye nad gone into th • water alter we left, We<ooulA si-e him from the bill where we *ere, struggling in theweter. Wehedbee*

* «uJt.r o^en h tt- ".'lng t^K*\ **>• «,th n.y clothe, on whore ilw hody li*d diapiV-r d bnt could not find it. ho I*2 ... abort n>e feet rioep. Ih-iwo 1 iia conld tot a.im, neither rowM dide aed who «u 12 jrirt old hut June. To th» Foreman-He wm afiaid of •one i i with the bijiper boja who could aw m, for ear they .hiu'd duo him WiU-mHnl »«orn,>iil, 1 i-m 14 y*"*" of ».. thw ironlh My bot «r AW. d. r and mj w f went to in- -»ke t., bathe m Sunday mor. i-g. we m t dece-.ied and other beys there We then waitet till the bigger Uyt went awny ml then «•- d rued and wenr into the lake. We were in a th«llow place not up to our kne^*. We oould go a long wa.v without gettinginto deep »«ter I warned oeeeftwd to UVe earo and Mfi get ii«to the deep w-ter wheh waa a few Uet awuy f-om where w. .erf. We had not been more thnn fire a.inutra in t'te water nh«-n 1 taw iir w.*outc-f hit depth ami downing, hating Koie irto the <«-p ptace. He ni struggling in the witer. He tank and I •aw b.m Ti-e ag^m. He Mi.k and rrfco f e a ■Pftid tin^e and th«n aan a Ho B etb,i We called to thebny. on the bill «b«. he ro»ethe a,00..d lime 'Jlary cmc do»n ..d George Touni and tH>..» W Md..tj.« wei.t in but oould not find faun. 1 e*nnot •»im, rri»h»F c< uld d CM»fd Jol n H.d «ock, «ontt.bie, A C, denoted to a-ibting n t.kmg the body ii deecMed from theHnnilton Lake during the forex.oon of the 20th mat. Ibe bo y wia H ut of Joseph Young, »on . f Be ja.i in Youn/ t balder «nd <J.rpen«er of that place. Tl •<• w« re no m*rka on te body. la »n-wer to the Fon-man, the Coroner and r.n-tablf atat-d there were no d-««ii atailable forth* vie of the polue on snob ocfMiona. . . ll.» w-a the whole «f the eT»d*nf«e. Ibe jury at on<e returned a verdict » lb»t dewa-ad. Jo-epta Yo.ir.g. waa aoMdemly drowned *hilo bathing in tue Hamilton Lake."