The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 17 September 1885
(New South Wales)

CORONER’S INQUESTS
An inquest was held at the Soudan Hotel, George-street North, yesterday, by the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.), on the body of Henry Moyle, aged 41, a native of Cornwall, England, described as a clerk, who died whilst being conveyed to the hospital on the previous day. Constable Brein deposed that he arrested deceased in George-street yesterday morning, and took him to No. 4 police station, where he showed signs of illness; he was then placed in a cab and driven to the hospital, but on arriving at that institution life was found to be extinct. Dr. Charles Eichler deposed that he had examined the body, and was of opinion that death was due to syncope, from pressure on the brain brought about by intemperance. The jury returned a verdict accordingly.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho