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HO KAM PO. dd. xd. Macnamara.
On 22nd March I was at home about 12.30-1 p.m. Deceased was my brother. My brother & I had a quarrel for about 20 minutės. Then I called my children & the boy who gave evidence to go out & get firewood. Deceased told the boy not to go. Deceased & I then quarrelled. We then quarrelled about the fees to be paid to a priest. We quarreled for some time. I was sitting on a chair in my room & he was in the kitshen but I couldn't see him. Then I saw him at the door into my room. He had a chooper in his hand, this chopper (Ex.K.) in his left hand. I saw blood on his head from a wound on his forehead. The wound was on his brow below the line of his hair. I tried to get the chopper with both rry hands & succeeded. ile then struck me on the head with his fist & I fell down. I felt giddy & whether or not I cut him with the chopper I do not know. I can't say if there is a wound on his forehead or not, nor can I account for the other wounds. I was giddy for about two hours. Re-marriage is a mistake. Widow here is a tinfong wife & therefore suspect. She & my brother conspired to do away with my property. Six family spirits appeared to me in a dream before his death on the night of the 21st & told me my brother would live to 22nd but couldn't live to see the 23rd. The statement in the record that the dream was after my brother's death is a mistake. The small boy's evidence about my picking up the chopper is untrue. I got a wound on my left palm in trying to catch the chopper.
xxd. Murphy,
I had my dream on the early morning of 21st March about
2 a.m. They told me my brother would die before 23rd March. He & his wife conspired to take away my land. We had had a quarrel about payment of a priffk•my firadenuarrel about
his not letting his boy go out-
I was not angry with him. I lost my temper with him & he with me. At that time deceased was in the kitchen & I was in my house sitting in a chair. First thing I saw was deceased coming in with his face covered with blood. I was surprised to see him carrying a chopper & bloodstained. He had chooper in his left hand. I am right handed. I only got up when he cut at me with his left hand. I caught the blade in my left hand & caught his wrist with my right hand. He let go the chopper & struck me with his fist on the head. I fell & then I picked up the chopper. I got up & deceased was standing near my bed. I can't say if I picked it up or not.
I picked up the chopper from the floor. Deceased showed no sians of attacking me. I don't know who wounded deceased. I had the chopper - the only chopper. When I xxsxN İX regained consciousness I was in my room near the cubicle door & the chopper was beside me. I know nothing of how my brother got his wounds. I thought his wife might have cut him. About three minutes after he cut me I saw him pushed back into his own room by my wife & some children. I did not see that. I think deceased's wife is a bad woman. I like his son & he has no dislike for me. I heard his evidence this morning. I heard what he said. I don't know why he should invent that. I reached up to the cockloft for a saw & not for a chopper. I wanted to saw firewood. I laid it aside against the wall.
ANTHONY WARREN DAWSON GROVE. ss.xd. Macnamara. Medical Practitioner. I have read account of wounds found on head of deceased. In my opinion onemight have tried to stop bleeding either by digital pressure or by clamping cloth on wound. It would have to be put on firmly over the incisions. That would not
That would not stop it. clipping of arteries watig bleeding but would have delayed bleeding completely.
have been necessary to stop