Verdict of Inquest Given by Mr. N. E. Lurton That Robert Mendoza, 13-year-old Filipino, died of injuries received when he was struck by a motor car was the verdict given by Mr. N. E. Lurton, Acting Coroner of the U.S, Consular Court. Mr. Lurton said that the Japanese driver, Yashiro Ishiura, involved in the accident did not take due care for the safety of the boy. The verdict reads as follows:
"I, N. E. Lurton, Commissioner of the U.S. Court for China, acting as Coroner, find that the bod: mined by me at the General Hospital at 9.30 am, on January 15 to be that of Robert Mendoza, 13 years of age and a Filipino; that he came to his death on January 14, at about 5 p.m. by reason of having been struck by a motor car proceeding in a northerly direction on Park Lane, near Haining Road, driven by one Yashiro Ishiura, a Japanese subject who at the time was operating the car without tal due care for the safety of the deceased, and while Robert Mendoza walking in a northerly direction on the sidewalk on the east side of Park Lane, the impact of motor car against the body of Robert Mendoza causing him to pitch forward and to be caught and crushed between the right side of the car and an upright electric light pole fixed to the ground at the outer edge of the sidewalk.
"From which injuries received Robert Mendoza died a few minutes after being struck by the car, and at the same time as above stated."
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