A MURDERER’S DEATH.
WAS lIE INSANE V> By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last night. The Coroner held an inquest on the body of Heinrich Pohlen, a. criminal lunatic. Dr Beattie deposed that since tho date of tho committal Pohlen had suffered from no ailment whatever. During his stay in the asylum Pohlen had not evidenced any symptoms of insanity. In his opinion the cause of death was senile decay. A verdict was returned accordingly. After the verdict the Coroner laid before tho jury a copy of an inquisition held by himself as coroner in Waikato on the body of Patrick Corcoran on November 13th, 1897. That inquiry had resulted in a verdict of wilful murder against Heinrich Pohlen, who shot Corcoran with a fowling-piece, causing instant death. He was tried for murder at tho Supreme Court, and upon the evidence of two members of the medical profession was acquitted on the ground of insanity,
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 357, 6 March 1902, Page 2
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153A MURDERER’S DEATH. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 357, 6 March 1902, Page 2
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