QSA565014 1911 Certificate of Particulars Inquest of Death, Edward PC Smith Police Staff file

" INQUEST OF DEATH ACT OF 1866. "

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CERTIFICATE OF PARTICULARS --- INQUEST OF DEATH.

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I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the Twenty Second day of

September 1911, I held an Inquest of Death at Burketown in the Police District of Normanton and that the following particulars were then disclosed: ----

Name of deceased: Edward Patrick Smith

Profession or calling: Police Constable

Height, colour of hair, peculiar clothig, and any other means of identity: Fully Identified

Where found and when: Police Paddock Turn off Lagoon 13/9/11

Date of death:13th September 1911

Supposed cause of death: Suicide by hanging

Persons last seen in company of deceased, and names of suspected persons:} Norah Smith (wife) and Lilly aboriginal no one Suspected

Accused: none

Names, residences, and callings of witnesses:} Norah Smith. House Hold Duties ---------- Turn off Lagoon Lilly ----- female ------- aboriginal ----------------- Do ----------- Kitty ------ Do -------------- Do ------------------------- Do ---------- Biddy---- Do -------------Do ------------------------- Do ---------- Johnnie or Bob ---------------- Do ------------------------ Do ---------- See Too Hee ----------------- Do ------------------------- Do ---------- Alfred John Logan ------ Constable ------------ Burktown -----

Suspicious circumstances: none

Signed T. H. Myddleton J.P. ------------------------------ Coroner or Justice.

NOTE. -- One Copy of this Certificate to be attached to the Inquest of Death Deposition and forwarded to The Under Secretary, Department of Justice, Brisbane, and a Duplicate to be sent to the Commissioner of Police. A Copy must also be forwarded, together with the " Certificate of Information," to the District Registrar of the District within which the Death took place.