CO129-409 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [1-3] — Page 372

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the Asylum, he was always worrying about what he was going to be.

William Pitt sworn & examined

I Am P.S. A.71. At 2.30 p.m. on the 4th instant I went to Wong Nei Chung Gap. I entered the forestry path above Bowen Road. When about 600 yards from the Wahedai

Gap, I found this straw hat with a stone inside it. On looking below saw the body of the deceased hanging to a tree by his neck. Life was extinct. The body was search- ed at No.2 Police Station. I found among at other things this pocket book (Exhibit 1) which contains four letters (These letters are read to the Jury.).

VERDICT:

That the said Harry Stephens not being of sound

mind did kill himself.

(ad)

R. Henderson,

(ad) G. M. Lakin,

(Bd)

A. J. Bursley,

Jury.

(ad) F. A. Hazeland,

Police Magistrate

discharging the duties of Coroner.

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