CO129-239 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [9-12] — Page 443

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a post mortem examination

on the 11th October about 4.30 pe

зориг It was a chinaman. Ste

ort

was about 56.

There

Finch long

A

years of age.

încised wound

little below the

left eye brow, from a

sharp

instrument, and a bullet coound

on the right temple, causing destruction of the cavity

fall. There was

the

eye

looned

and

another

the breast bone at.

the centre. There

were

eat.

other

external marks. I examined the body internally. The billet went right hrough the heart stomach and liver, straight

down and

the abdor

a

ent

a

Lere

artery in

little

coas

blood in the thoracic cavity, but great deal in the abdomen. The Chinese acuitant found! the brillet. Death was caused

by

433

by hemorrhage in the abdomen.

The

not

comund us the head would

alexarily

cause deaths

the bullet went through - Death

would

in about 4

minutes.. I produ.

produce the baillet in the body.

formed

To the Court.

The immediate effect of the

shot in he heart would be lo

make the man

probably he might have called

out. I cant

say exactly whether he would be come uner scious.

at once.

Chan Zei declared.

old

boy

I am grandson of the

13

wy

in

Court. The little

brother. I am

carried I live in Aberdeen.

I remember the 10th October. I

over in Victoria,

in Victoria. I had

been home two

Three days

before!

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