Smyth said there was no wound of any consequence on the face; nothing more than a bruise. Here Mr. Newman asked, that as witnesses had stated that both parties stood face to face, could the wound have been an exit one? To this Capt. Smyth replied that it would have been practically impossible. He added that the man might easily have fallen on his back if he had been shot in the back of tke neck, There had been no post mortem examination. It was quite possible that the vertebrae and the lower jaw would stop a.203 bullet.
Capt. John Sholto Henry Douglas, commanding "B" Company, Seaforth Highlanders, told the Court when cross-examined by Mr. Newman that he had seen people wounded by rifle shots in Palestine during fighting wi! Arabs but that he had never actually examined people shot at point blank range by rifle shots. After evidence by Lieut. Robert Dalrymple Maclagan, Adjutant of the Seaforth Highlanders, the evidence of Lee Se-ching, owner of a money exchange and tobacconist's shop at 214 North Thibet Road was taken, He said his shop was about fifteen houses away from the British military post on North Thibet Road. During the evening of November 4 a foreign soldier came to his shop and bought a packet of Red Star cheroots and a box of matches. He was unable to identify this soldier.
He proceeded to the blockhouse and took a.303 rife, Lieut. Marshall pointing out that it was the one which had been used. Witness opened the bolt and took a spent.303 round from the breach. He was then hand-
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