CO129-389 - Governor Sir Lugard Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1912 [3-4] — Page 254

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The Coroner's Abolition Ordinance.

Ordinance 5 of 1888.

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I hereby certify that on the 18th. day of March, 1912,

I held under the provisions of Ordinance 5 of 1888, an enquiry as to the cause of a death in the City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong and that the following particulars were then disclosed:-

.George Attewell.

1.

Name of deceased..

2.

Residence and occupation......Lance Sergeant No. 3,

3.

There found, and when, and)

under what circumstances

No. 5 Police Station.

.Deceased committed suicide by shooting himself in the latrine at No. 5 Police Station on the 12th. Karch, 1912.

4.

Date of death......12th. March, 1912.

5.

Cause of death......Bullet through brains.

6.

Note:-

The names of the persons last seen in the company of

the deceased......

Any suspicious circumstances which point to any person

or persons as having caused the death.

The following are the names, residence and callings of the witnesses examined:-

1. Harold Macfarlane, Medical Officer in charge, Victoria

Mortuary.

2. John Grant, P.S. 32.

3. William Kendall, P.S. 16.

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(Sd.) Edward A. Irving,

Police Magistrate.