MR. SULLIVANasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, If it is true that in the case of a man named James Swanton, who died at Glengarriff under suspicious circumstances on the 24th of December last, the coroner did not attend to hold an inquest until the 7th of January; who was responsible for such delay; and, is it the fact that no post-mortem examination of the body took place?
§ MR. J. LOWTHERI learn from a telegram received from the sub-inspector of the district that the circumstances attending the death of James Swanton were these. He and his wife retired to bed on the night of the 23rd of December in a state of intoxication. During the night the husband fell out of bed and died the following morning. The death was reported to the Coroner the same day. An inquest was held on the 31st of December. The verdict was to the effect that death was caused by apoplexy, accelerated by cold and drink Under these circumstances, no post-mortem examination was considered necessary.