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On the day of the younger brother's death he was sitting in the kitchen of the house which the two brothers occupied in common and the condemned man was in his own roon next door. He was seen euddenly to reach up to the cockloft and pick up a chopper and heard to announce his intention of killing his brother who was unarmed. He then struck his bro her four heary blows on the head and was then disarmed by the younger brother's wife who put him in his own cubicle and fastened the door.
The village is a considerable distance from Salkung and it was some six hours after the wounds were inflicted before police officers came on the scene.
The wounds were serious, in fact dangerous, but there can be little doubt that if medical assistance had been available shortly after the wounds were inflicted they would not have been fatal. The deceased man in fact blød to death at 7.10 p.m. tuat evening.
of the rightfulness of the verdict I have no doubt whatsoever; of the mental development of the condamned man I have considerable doubt, doubts which I formed from seeing and hearing him in court and also from the nature of his statement to the committing magistrate:
"On the night of 22nd March, after deceased's death, I had a dream in which six spirits of deceased members of my family informed me
that if deceased had survived the 22nd, he would not have survived the 23rd. That is all."
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