Asked what injuries were received before death, witness replied that the haemorrhage of the brain oceurred before death. There were also minor scratches which could have occurred before death. "He could not say how long deceased lived after the blow on the head which caused the haemorrhage of the brain, but it was a blow which could have caused death within a few minutes.
Replying to questions, witness said the manner in which the body was mutilated suggested that it was done by someone more or less" familiar with the use of a knife and more or Jess familiar with anatomy. "AN the mutilations could have been done by. fan experienced person in about half fan hour, but by another person in from one to two hours.
Asked whether the mutilations. could have been cone Ju the open oF must they have been done inside a Dullding with the aid of a light, witness replied that he was afraid he, could not answer that. Questioned further, he said he thought they could have been done on the spot where the body, was found. If it was done in the dark outside, witness thought it must have been done by a. more or less expert person, a butcher a hunter.
Questioned further about. the possibility of dogs "having. interfered with the body, witness said the chest wall and neck suggested that dogs might have devoured some parts, but hho admitted that it was also possible that dogs had not touched the body.
Witness could not give an idea as to how tong after death the mutilation took place. He thought the chest! was first mutilated, which would have drained off much blood from' the abdomen, and then the abdomen was cut. would account for the Jack of blood in the abdominal cav=
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