The Archive · 1923

THE VERDICT

The continued hearing of the inquest on the body of Bernard Hurld came to a conclusion on Tuesday afternoon. Two witness were called who substantiated the evidence of the three women on Monday, that the deceased had come into the Portland Bar in Seward Road and picked a quarrel with the Chinese boy, striking and kicking him. He was asked tol desist by the women and when the boy ran away, he left unmolested. Later he was found with a bruise on his head and was taken to the General Hosvital where he succumbed to the effects of the injury.

Dr. T. B. Dunn, who performed the autopsy, stated that death came from a cranial hemorrhage, caused by the blow on the top, of the

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