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  Davey Mills Shipwright.

"INQUESTS OF DEATH ACT OF 1866."
CERTIFICATE OF PARTICULARS.-INQUEST OF DEATH.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on the twenty seventh
day of December 1893, I held an Inquest of Death
at Court House Port Kennedy in the Police District of
Somerset and the following particulars
were then disclosed:-
Name of deceased: Charles Arbuthnot Bruce
Profession or calling: Beche-de-mer Fisherman
Height, colour of hair, peculiar clothing,
and any other means of identity: 5ft 6" Black Hair. 7
Where found and when: Body not found.
Date of death: on or abouth 20th November 1893
Supposed cause of death: Murdered by natives
Persons last seen in company of deceased,
and names of suspected persons: Seven mainland natives on board
Lugger "Wren".
Accused: Murderers escaped to the mainland.
Names, residences, and callings
of witnesses: Chas Savage Sub Inspt. Police, Mosquito Tracker
R. Bruce Deceaseds Brother, Humphry
Davey Mills Shipwright.
Suspicious circumstances:
Deceaseds Lugger "Wren" found abandoned coast of Gulf Carpentaria. Blood
-stains on deck.
[signed) John Douglas
Coroner or Justice.
NOTE.- One Copy of this Certificate to be attached to the Inquest of Death Deposition and forwarded
The Honourable The Attorney-General, and a Duplicate to be sent to the Commissioner of Police. See Section 3 of
"Inquests of Death Act of 1866" (30 Vic No. 3). 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.