A very painful case of lunacy (says the Southern Cross) cams before the Bench at the Auckland Police Court lately. It appears from medical testimony adduced that Dr Eiley, late house surgeon to the Hokitika Hospital, has become of unsound mind. According to the statement of his landlady, he kept the house in a state of terror, by walking about with a loaded pistol in his possession, which he refused to give up. He had also recently slept with the pistol under his pillow. On being interrogated by the doctors, he complained of his head being bad, and appeared to have lost all memory as to dates and circumstances. Dr Riley had been about six weeks in Auckland, having come up from Hokitika, where ho held a highly respectable position, and was much esteemed by a large circle of friends. His affliction has caused much sorrow amongst his many acquaintances in Auckland, lie was committed to the Provincial Lunatic Asylum.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 24, 27 April 1870, Page 3
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