Doctor Gwydir, of Freshford, made a minute post mortem examination of the bodies of the mother and eldest daughter, a child about 9 years old. The Doctor was unable to detect in the stomach or the bowels of the mother a trace of food having entered for more than twenty hours before death. The child's stomach contained a very small quantity of half-digested potatoes. Ftizpatrick, died at Ter-lane, Maryborough. From the evidence given at the inquest an intelligent jury found for their verdict that the deceased died of want and destitution.
Language is inadequate to describe the horrifying misery with which the deceased was encompassed.
It appeared that his wretched wife had neither food nor covering for her four children. Again has starvation sent another victim to his account in this unfortunate county. Mr. John Atkinson, coroner, held an inquest in Ballina, on Tuesday, on view of body of Hugh Daly. Dr. Whittaker, who made a post mortem examination of the body, gave it as his opinion that deceased died for want of sufficiency of food. The death of this unhappy man was, we learn, caused by starvation and hardship.