Inquest
An inquest was held into Hullett's death on 21 August. The coroner asked Adams why there had been no intravenous drip, to which Adams answered, "She wasn't perspiring. She had lost no fluids." A nurse, however, described Hullett as "sweating a good deal" from the 20th till her death. When asked if he read the instructions for the Megimide, Adams answered, "No, I didn't." The coroner also described the use of oxygen as "a mere gesture". In his summing up, he then said that it was "extraordinary that the doctor, knowing the past history of the patient" did not "at once suspect barbiturate poisoning". He described Adams's 10 cc dose of Megimide as another "mere gesture".
The inquest concluded that Hullett had committed suicide. The jury were directed by the coroner not to find that Hullett died as a result of Adams's criminal negligence. After the inquest, the cheque for £1,000 disappeared.
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