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pas' (lire*. -line- -cm to the Kir* Eng.M ” puMic-house. at the Up 01 M-r.i cr Iowa, and *»* dccemu ths.s. H« -as drmk-lug »_m« cold «iti»D-l--«l*r. Wiincm continued I knew litro.He OiJ iol apeak 10 toe at Ini but afterwarde be did. 1 .all him •Ober «h,n I -nil In. He had some more *tn-and-**(cr IHr.ilh other busincw. to that I him pMllNMr. at 1 did not observe that he the -owe for liquor. I don’t kno- ho- roach gin be hkd el * him I uw him ! drink ’.-o rlmn altogethcr-ths one he bed -ben I -cm la and kOOther. Whether he had any more I muoi say. 1 thought it thJt* * •,( '0U, °cl°'* w0,a *• “*• “*0 I *•** ***■ dl.r’ITie C'OKONKK DOW asked the landlord of the •• Fire KogiBc to come id.—Mr. Uohkino suggested thet it would be beet to examine the wituesaea one by one.— The Coroner eaid he particularly wiehed the laudlord to be preaout, u something might transpire calculated seriously to affect him.Witnce* I hare seen Mr. Scrooioni worse than he W,. then ; be bad liquor lu. but I thought hi in quite capable of riding botuo, safe and sound. Hu horse w«» ouUide the door and I -vnt out to see him iret on horseback.-Th. Coroner : —W hy did otl go outT—Witness Bscause my eomiada* »cnleaving and I atiit out al «h« win lim».-I’orooer A man ought 10 be able to mount a horse without assistance.-Wilaem ;-l care say Mr. Semmcns could, but I assisted bun a bit by putting hM foot in the stirrup iroo.—Did any one lt;be assist? Wi.y unit a man of M to git 01 his horse T-lle had the marc stanuuig up-bllL-Mr. 0. Lsirv :-Thc mare U IT hands hlgh-a .cry very tall one.-Witoe* r-1 just put Ids foot in the stlrruplroti.-Ootoosr : --Then your reason* for assisting bun -ere that the m.re -as very tall, and not ncciue he -as not In a lit slate ?—I thought the marc very tall and that she -a« standUig uphlb, and I -misted him to oblige un o*D self: that is all.—When he mounted Hi* horse how did he seem T-Very -ell.-Was he ab.e to sit upright? —Yte sir, h« was.—Hr. Jacaa :-l have had to assist Mr. Semmens into the saddle -ben perfectly Irch-a, sober as any ot us arc no- ; the mare being a rather rcrtiie one.—The coroner (to -itnres |You did ool think, -hen he got on the marc, that It was a dangerous thing for a man lo drink to rid* hornet- No. sir. I did not.—Waa an. one leading ti e horse when he got oo it ? -Yes. sir.—Who?—William Oats.-Why T-Out of pure klndnrs* because the mare » wild.-Is It a usual thing for a landlord io come out of hi* house and accompany a customer on the road 1—If they have business together-Was this Oeoaiuc Hr. Mmmtci bedI CoKo.vgK asked if any juryman wished to put any further questions to Mr. Midge.— Mr. T. Jacica said Mr. Mudge had already answered all aorts of question*. and to —k htro ruore alrno-t looked like doubting a man’s word.— Mr Grenfell :-.N..tal all.-Mr. Jaeka :-I should think so, if I bad tu .do s si.’0 non. and -ua aakod tho lt;iuostion oeer and oeer again. And it looks, to, as if we, a* jurymen, didn't understand tue thing. —Mr. Grenfoll I can call who I please and suggest -bat questions I think desirable.— Mr. Jack.:—And I think asking Mr. Mudge any more quest to s is uuuaileddor. — Toe Coroner :—Perhaps all the jurymen don’t tnke the aame view.—Mr. Jacka :—Then you ask the jury.—Coroner :—It is quite possible they do not take the same view, and it i* oqually possible that ono or two may wish to a»k Mr. Mudge »omo further question. 1 give them the opportunity of doing so before ho leaves.— Mr HoSKIXQ :—I asked a question just now as to the nature of a certain report, and Mr. Jacka aiid I had no right to ask such a question.—Mr. Jacka Because we are bore to be guided by evidence aod not by rumour*.— Mr. Husking :-I asked a question in the intereat of the landlord as well as for the jssko of getting at the truth. Certain reports were floating about to the discredit of Mr. Oats, and I considered it the best thing to have these reports contradict*!. —Coroner :— You are only responsible to me and not io the least to Mr. SMCr are quite at liberty to ask any question. —Mr. Jacka :—I «*y again that the jury baa nothing al all to do wiih report, outmde. — Mr Hocking :—If report* are circulated to a man’a disadvantage tho sooner the? aro swept away tho better, for tho man then stand* on firmer ground.Thb Coronbh summed op at considerable length. It was shewn that thia poor man bad fallen from hi* horse, and the question might or might not arise whether he had been supplied with too much liquor, so that it caused him to fall. Had that been proved it would have become a very serioua question whether a verdict of manslaughter waa not returnable against the person or peraoua who supplied the driuk. It waa
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