The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-28 00:00:00

TUB CRAWLEY COURT MAR TIAL.

EROISI OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.
TENTH DAY.
[The following appeared in the Third Edition of "The
Sun" of last evening] :

ALDERSHOT, Friday Morning.

This morning the court reassembled at 10 minutes after
10 o'clock, Colonel Lodder being still absent from indis-

position.

Gavin Ainslie Turnbull, surgeon of the 6th (Inniskil-
ling) Dragoons was recalled for cross-examination. He
said, in reply to Colonel Crawley, that his after report
modified to a certain extent the opinion he expressed in
ttehe
the
eetailcd case, but to what extent he could
previouslyother
causes stte ,
remained but bi sti.u.bs opiniontati a
.13, with
the regardsaai e.
not
On the information supplied to hunt by Colonel Crawley
and Assistant Surgeonh Barnet that a quantity of brandy
was calculated to increasewhatwhexaasttthleed to the belief that the prisoner
bad beenconsumed,
pre quantitydisp
predisposition
tsiopuiritto,
aann daptohpal
et
ci
t
might have consumed
lteicdgscei,zhuerew,
absutu
to
oable to staetnt'asott.here was no indication in the post mortcm appearance:, which
hhwis
oouwlanlpeaedrshonimaltkon,ot:pv:
pose that the man had died frog; using drink to excess.
indicationopinion
of drink about the
surgeon
body
uutdoe ascertain, sceleorstea iannr,r e
Nor has he ever noticed any
f
is it part of the duty
prisoner during his lifetime.
Colonel Crawley—ln your o
whether a soldier of
consume a considerable quantity of brand.
habitment a oi
daily
Witness—lf he has any reason to suppose of
plethoric a reg
pri-
soner is addicted to the use of ardent spirl.3tsseithat the
the duty of the medical officer who attends upon hth*ink it
tis
out whether he does consume a considerable arr to
findspirits daily, or not.
In continuation, witness said he never visited Sergeant
Major Lilley for the purpose of prescribing for him. HO
saw him frequently during the period of his arrest. It was
the duty of Assistant-Surgeon Barnet to see the prisoner
daily. He could not state how often he visited the Ser-
geant Major, nor did he visit him for the purpose of
minutely enquiring into the state of his health. He never
made a medical inspection of Sergeant Major Lilley during
his arrest. The sergeant previous to being confined was
not sent to the hospital for medical examination. He was
not aware what the nature of his imprisonment was going
to be when he was first placed in confinement, nor did ho
anticipate it was to 13,3 so long. The sergeant major did not
suffer from any specific complaint during his arrest until he
died, He dii not anticipate Sergeant Major Lilley's death as
a consequence of the arrest under which he was placed. He
did not recommend before the 30th of April that Sergeant
Major Lilley should have exercise, because he did not know
the nature of the confinement which ho was undergoing,
The circumstances connected with his arrest were of so
unusual, and, as he considered at the time, of so mysterious
a nature, that he did not know exactly how to act in the
matter. It was unusual and mysterious so far that
he understood the prisoners were not examined
in the orderly-room of the regiment, nor were they
examined before
regiment. the adjutant or any field officer: of the
Between the 26th and the 30th of April, the
best to
best of thy •
recollection, he believed he did inquire what was
the nature of S‘,/,-t •
r, • I\--r ajor Lilley's arrest, and, so far as he
remembered, he did not find out the exact nature of his
offence. He understood that
the three sergeant majors
were under close arrest, and that it was Colonel Crawley's
wish that they should be BO
r. He never anticipated that
Sergeant Major Lilley's
prolonged, and that was
the
ersornment would have been
make earlier application on his
seasbon why he did not
A detailed medical history of Sergeant Major for exercise.
was, he believed, sent to Colonel Crawley Lilley's case
June, or it may have been the 7th, It wasoon the Bth of
days that the report was sent on. Aftertheri one of those
was
sent in Colonel Crawley asked him in referent
quantities of spirituous liquors Sergeant Major Lilley to
the
t..ey Was
supposed to have drunk, and inquired of him whether he
wished to make any alteration in. his report. At time inter
view which he had with Colonel Crawley he said ht did not
consider that any additional report from him was necessary
as he was convinced that the man had died from,
heat apoplexy, and that he had no proof that excess in
spirits was the cause of death. Assistant Surgeon Barnet
was Sergeant Major Lilley's medical attendant, and it was
he who gave witness the information relative to the con-
sumption of spirits by the sergeant major, which induced
him to modify his report. He never heard that Lilley
drank large quantities of brandy from any one but Assistant
Surgeon Barnet and Colonel Crawley. If he had ever
made such a statement he did not mean to convey that
meaning. . . .

Colonel Crawley—Have you said that in none of
your medical reports was there anything that could be con.
strued to attach any blame to me?

Witness—There is a letter 1 addressed to Sir Hugh
Rose in October which conveys that meaning I think.
The witness was next examined in detail with regard to
his medical reports, and to certain portions of them which
had been expunged, but he did net know by whom that had
been done.

Captain the Hon. Edward Bourke, of the 6th Dragoons,
was called, and a letter being shown to him, he was asked
whether he wrote it, and whether he had any objection to
its being read to the court. He said he did write the letter,
and had no objection to its being read. The letter, which was
read, stated that the writer had known Sergeant Major Lilley
as a sober, worthy non-commissioned officer, for whom he
had the greatest respect. He had known him froni the neriod
of his joining the regiment, in the beginning of 1858, till he
left the regiment in India, in Manch, 1862.
Surgeon Turnbull was re-called . and his cross-examina-
tion was continued. He had stat ad in one of his reports
that Sergeant Major Wakefield was admitted into hospital.
A. man might be said to be admitted, and yet not detained
in hospital. He remembered seeing the letter produced
(the letter was read). It was from the Commander in
Chief, and it was remarked that Sergeant Major Wake-
field was admitted to hospital on ,the 25th of May,
1862, labouring under feverish and nervous excite-
ment. Other entries were shown to the witness on this
subject, but he could not verify them without reference
to his private notes. On the 28th of June he for-
warded to Colonel Crawley a letter purporting to
contain an abstract of Mr. Wakefield's case. (The letter
stated that Sergeant Major 'Wakefield was ordered into
hospital on the 25th of May, the day on which Sergeant
Major Lilley died). .He recove red, and was readmitted
the 25th of June, and was ctisc harged convalescent on the
YoClorvil(.:e
expiration of eleven days. There was an abstract f Wake
field's case entered in ono of the books the dacyolaltel
hatelitlid all th correspondence.atvtloeyWallll::
he mentioned the circuinstanc.;. It was 13 mouths utter
ho had had a communication wei:tt7hrucCi:ocili.
or whether he produced
the date of the case that the pa rticulars were en
aehynse.drexpressL a his surprise Vire(' from
and
y,
witness'sdn
iyanot
001
etrcrecollect
fcospontrlpheil :ere
Crawley
private
aaer‘oatv
etnwhs oe,
memoranda.,ltet
that witness
should bave given for the use of the Commander-in-Chief
a
certain copy of a case mhich vas
not at that time in
the books. On the 29th of
orderly-book to Colonel Crawley June he took the
he had found Wakefield's and told him that
of which he had no knowledge, case in another registry
ap-
peared that there had been ln that register it
substituted, for which he an erasure, and a different date
could not account. The original
entry was dated May 25,
b the best of his belief
bait that had been erased
and June 5 substituted.
he altered the date, To
the 25th of May and because the man was detained on
admitted on. the sth of June. He ad-
mitted that there
he could
not
explain without reference to his private notes.
To the best of his recollection he made the erasure himself.
Several other questions were put to the witness connected
with this subject, to which he grave most elaborate answers.
In
consequence of this the questions had in many eases to
be repeated, Colonel Pipon having protested that it was im-
possible for him to record the answers.
The witness was still under examination when the Court
rose at 4 o'clock.
The President announced that the next meeting of the
Court would take place at 10 o'clock on Monday next.

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Prince Frederick of Augustenburg has proposed
to the Germanic Diet to adopt measures for the
protection of the fatictionaries iii the Duchies who
refuse to take the oath of allegiance to the King
of Denmark. Colonel Dunlant has just arrived
from Hamburg to assume the direction of military
affairs.

THE f 4
-.ESTE DES DEUX MONDES."—Messrs.
Pereire, the great capitalists, are in negotiation for the pur-
chase of the Revue des _Deux lifondes, the most important
politico-literary periodical, not only of France, but it WY
be said, without exaggeration, of all Europe.
Tile body of Fielder, the poor Warsasb fisherman
drowned in Southampton water a few weeks ago, was found
floating headless near Calahot Castle on Thursday, not far
i &Om the spot where he was drowned,