The Archive · 1936

Blow from Blunt Instrument

the cause of the injuries, witness stated, might have been a blow from blunt instrument, The blow would not necessarily have been a severe one. Khair Din was not likely to suffer any perment injury 9s a result.

Dr. S20. Tsoong-ung, registered medical practitioner, said that at 5.10 am. on May 29, he examined Han Pao'san, one of those alleged to have been injured by the accused, and found open wounds in the scalp, under one of which a bone had been cracked. Ho immediately prepared the injured man for an operation. At the time when he first saw him, it seemed quite possible that he might die from his injuries. Tt was probable that the cause of these injuries was a blow from a heavy Instrument. "He was. not likely suffer any permanent injury, Dr. S. K. Squires, police surgeon, eave evidence of having carried out Jo. post-mortem examination on the deceased. He found that the brain had been lacerated, due to a fractured skull, and that many bones were broken, and smashed into small fragments, many of which had penetrated

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