As far as concerns the damage caused.—According to the evidence of Donald William Holder, who accompanied the deceased and whose testimony is as clear, detailed and precise as one could hope in such circumstances, Smeaton, who had started to run to catch a tramcar turning the corner of the Rue clu Consular, collided with one or two of the paving stones placed on the pathway and fell face downwards; he was then raised by Holder and placed in a ricsha and was then taken to his house, showing signs of extreme pain during the journey. Dr. Walter Brunstead Bilinghurst_ was immediately called in and diagnosed, at a quarter" past seven in the evening, a rup—ture of the spleen or kidneys, and: had him taken to the hospital with a view to an eventual] opera—tion; assisted by his partners, Drs. Marsh and Gauntlett, examined him again at 10 p.m., and decided® against the advisability of am operation. Smeaton died shortly [afterwards A post-mortem examination the next day showed complete rupture of the left kidney, followed by internal hemorrbago, all the other organs being. normal.
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