A coroner's jury, sitting at Islington, yesterday found that Frederick Charles Ball, from Melbourne, committed suicide while temporarily insane.
The deceased was found dead in bed, with a deep wound in his throat and a stab in his abdomen. The evidence showed that he had been drinking heavily.
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