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Q-What size were they--the size of half-a-crown?
A-One was the size of the palm of a hand; each was about the size of a whole hand. One was a little smaller than the other.
Q-That man had been flogged with twelve strokes, I believe?
A-He had eighteen altogether.
Q-Was there anything about the physique of the man that made you think that these abscesses were specially due to the flogging?
A-I think not. I think it was just an accident. He had six before and he seems to have stood them very well. He was not a fully developed muscular man, but he was fairly healthy.
Q-Would you say he was an average Chinaman in physique?
A-It is rather difficult to say what an average Chinaman is; you see a large number there. It is difficult to say what is an average Chinaman, but I think this man would be below the average.
Q--Can you answer this question? Suppose you passed him as fit for a flogging of six strokes, would you in five days have passed him as fit to receive twelve strokes more?
A-It is rather difficult to say; I have not had enough experience. I have not been called upon to see any of the others for a second flogging that I have already seen flogged once.
Q-At four o'clock, when you left this patient, was there anything in his appearance that made you think he was in serious danger?
A-I thought he was ill, but not seriously ill.
Q-You fully expected to see him alive the next morning when you visited the Gaol ?
A-Yes.
Q-Had you thought at any time that this man might die from his wounds ?
A-When I first saw him in the morning I thought he was in rather a bad way.
Q-At four o'clock ?
A-At four o'clock he was better, although I still thought he was rather ill. I had better hopes of him in the afternoon than I had in the morning.
Q-What was, in your opinion, the cause of death in the case?
A-I think blood poisoning..
QDid you hold the post mortern examination?
A-I did next morning.
Q-What did you find?
A-The usual signs of blood poisoning, one of these being the sloughs; the liver and spleen were covered with small haemorrhagic spots; there was also congestion of the lungs, and the kidneys were congested.
Q-Could you tell at the post mortern examination what the state of the man's blood was whether he was a full-blooded man or a thin-blooded man ?
A-No.
Q-Anæmic or not?
A--He was not anæmic.
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