A CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
* [PJiIJ PKUSS ASSOCIATION.] Du.-.EDiN, May 29. The hearing of the charge oi' ni.inrhughtov Bgiinst Alexander Hamilton Eddingtou, Jioury IIu«lu:s Kddiagton, and Itjbiifc Burns whs not coLcludkd 10-day. The kyfc witness examined was Dr. Whitton, who said the:o was no fracture of tho skull and no blood clot on t! e brain. Death was attributable to hemorrhage from tho wound, concussion of tho brain, and shock to the nervous system, The wcuml might iiavo boon caused by a stone thrown a* decoatol, there were stones about which might hxvj answered the pur pose. Ho did not '. hi:;k tho iojai\ could havo be'U by a fitumblui;; f dl, but in crusi-cx tminatiou paid if the deceased fill wlion moving rapidly that .vould make a diflonncp, and if hj« fell on a round heach fctone that would cause such a wound, but ho fouud no mc',. stone «vithiii tho radius examined, man in falling would be likely to strike his nose and forehead, and there was a contusion on the nose and a severe wound on tho brow.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 100, 30 May 1900, Page 2
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179A CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 100, 30 May 1900, Page 2
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