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iii)

iv)

v)

vi)

cartridges drawn by MacLennan in total match the number

found at the scene.

No cartridge case or bullet was found in the body or at

the scene which was incompatible with being fired from

the weapon which was found.

No wound was found upon the body which was incompatible

with being caused by the cartridges mentioned above.

All 5 wounds were at contact range as evidenced by the

appearances of the clothing and the skin at their

respective sites and this was confirmed by the ballistics

expert.

All 5 wounds were in a common suicidal site of election

i e over the heart area and the adjoining upper abdomen.

All 5 wounds were at angles which were consistent with

the deceased holding the revolver himself, either

conventionally with the right hand or possibly backwards

with both hands around the butt and one thumb upon the

trigger.

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None of the wounds would have been instantly fatal, nor

yet instantly disabling even had the most serious of

them (referred to as wound 1 in Court) which penetrated

the heart, been fired first of all, I believe that it

might have been just possible for a determined man to

inflict the other 4 upon himself before he collapsed

though I rather doubt it, For this reason I rather tend

to reject the theory that wound 1 was the first to be

inflicted - but see paragraph 6. In the case of the

other three penetrating wounds I believe that any one

of them might have been inflicted first and the resulting

degree of disablement might well have still permitted