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had accompanied the deceased that morning left the slot-machine
room when the chase commenced but were not allowed to return when
the decească re-entered. According to three witnesses the accused
left the slot-machine when the deceased was cornered and returned
in a short time with what was described by witnesses as: "a hard
object"; "like an iron bar"; "like a black motal rod about one foot
long". These witnesses said they saw the accused hit the deceased
around the back of the head and neck and the deceased crumpled to
the ground. The three witnesses, including deceased's wife,..
identified the accused and said they knew him prior to that morning.
Dr. Yip, Forensic Pathologist, told the jury of his.
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findings on a post mortem examination of the deceased.
He found there was bruising of and around the left eye.
There were several pairs of parallel linear bruisings with an area
of pallor in between on the left back and shoulder.
There was another abrasion 1" in diameter on the right
lower chest. There was a bruise 2" x 3" on the right upper chest.
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There were patchy areas of bruising on the right arm and on the
whole of the left upper limb. There were three lacerations
measuring 1", 1" and 11" on the back of the head.
laceration 21" long on the right side of the head.
There was another
These lacerations
were found to involve only part of the thickness of the scalp. The
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scalp itself was bruised at the back. The skull bone was not
fractured.
There was blood present generally underneath the
covering of the brain and in the verticles.
The pathologist concluded that death was due to the
pressure effects of traumatic sub-dural bleeding which created
disturbances of vital functions of the brain centres.