The inquest on the body of a drowned Indian watchman, Abdul Shakur, was concluded at H. MIN. Police "Court on June 14, when Mr. C, H. "Haines, Registrar, sitting "as "coroner, " returned 4 verdict that deceased was. found drowned near the International Dock, Pootung, on the afternoon of May 30; death must have taken Place two or three days previously.
The body was identified Pasha, the No. 1 Indien watchman employed bythe International Dock, at the Public Mortuary on! May '31. Dr. Maconi, who examined the body at the mortuary, submitted 'a written "report to "the coroner, and added that he" was definitely of the opinion that the watchman had been thrown into the water while alive.
wer police. constable, George Serrant, stated that he found" the body Moating on the river about elf mile below the International Dock "at 6.15 pin. on May 30. After having been: brought into a launch, the body. was searched, and 'a-bunch of keys was found. "As! the management of the Dock had reported a few days before the recovery that an' Indian watchman had been missing, a police officer was despatched from the Wetmore! Road' Station to the Dock. The body was later removed to, the! mortuary. The body" was found with face up. "Another police officer
ease as a drowned man was usual Temarked thet this was an unusual found with the face down.
Mohamad "Aziz, a cousin of deceased, "who was "also that he last saw Shakur at 8 p.m, on May 28, when the latter was on duty on a gangway of the steamer Elizabeth Moller. The steamer was tied alongside the Dock's wharf. Witness said that he was walking along the wharf when he saw Shakur proceeding towards a sailor's room on the bridge. However, he did mot see whether Shakur entered the room or not. Wher Questioned if deceased had quarrels with somebody before, witness: Stated: that the only i MR. A.B. SAMUEL,
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