DEATH UNDER ARREST.
THE POLICE EXONERATED. [Press Association.] DUNEDIN, March o. The death of Samuel Campbell, who was picked up in an unconscious condition on Monday night and lodged in the police cells, and who died in the hospital yesterday, was made the subject of an exhaustive enquiry to-day. The evidence showed that the deceased was much addicted to drink. A constable, who knew him in Wellington, said he could consume an enormous quantity of liquor would have no visible effects. Medical evidence showed that death was due to hemorrhage of the brain, which would at first produce a condition not easily distinguishable from drunkenness. A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical evidence, the police being completely exonerated.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2443, 6 March 1909, Page 4
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120DEATH UNDER ARREST. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2443, 6 March 1909, Page 4
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