The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-09 00:00:00

THE CRAWLEY COURT-MARTIAL,

01.-R OWN REPORTER.)
SEVENTEENTH DAY.
[The following appeared in the Third Edition of "TIA
Sun" of last evening] :

ALDERSHOT, Tuesday Morning.
The Court reassembled at '5 minutes to 11. o'clwek.
Surgeon Gavin A. Turnbull, of the 6th Dragoons, was
recalled, and examined by the court.
The Court—What was the practics in the 6th Dragoons
regarding prisoners taking exercise ?---The practice was
that they were recommended by the surgeon of the regi-
ment to the commanding officer, and they got the exercise
recommended.
You stated in your cross-examination that you had fre-
quently seen Sergeant Major Lilley during his arrest. You
also state that you never visited Sergeant Alajor Lilley in
his first quarters, How do you reconcile these two state-.
me nts ?-1 saw him frequently between the date of hisrem oval from his first quarters and the day of his death.
How often before the 18th May F—l cannot exactly state
how often. I cannot remember.

You have stated that in the first instance you refused
make any additional report on the post mortem examinata
lion of Sergeant Major Lilley, and that you afterwards did
so on the information received from Colonel Crawley, and
the report made to you by Assistant-Surgeon Barnett,
Be good enough to state the exact words used by Assistant
Surgeon Barnett when conveying to you the information he
received on which your addendum was founded ?—As far
as I remember, Assistant Surgeon Barnett stated to me,
when I requested him to make the inquiry about the brandy
that he believed a considerable quantity had been consumed,
Those were the words Assistant Surgeon Barnett used at
that time.

Then Dr. Barnett made no report to you. It was you
who directed him to make the inquiry P—Yes, I directed
him to make the inquiry.
You then considered his report so complete and satisfac-
tory that, in the conscientious discharge of your duties,
you deemed it necessary to the best interests of the service
Ito make the addendum alluded to P—Yes, on the evidence
then before
thatconsidered
Sergeant i t w
was.
You have
me
stated Major Lilley's was a case
in which a coroheld • ner's inquest would ordinarily have been
, that Sergeant M •or Lilley died from heat
of which you h 8.1 apoplexy,
of inquests heldave seen a good many cases. Were courts
oenr all or any of those cases P—No, not in
any that I rememb
Were there other
cases of death from heat apoplexy at
Mhow during the hot
I don't • season of 1862 ?—No, not that I re-
member.think there
Does heat apoplexy ordinarilywere.
weather, or those who keep attack men exposed to the
exposure or too much 0024 themselves close?--Either heat
apoplexy. confinement would produce heat
You say you have seen several ea
Were any of those cases quite sudden,ses of heat apoplexy.
without any particular predisposing cause
ll and did they occur
cases were sudden, but they must all ee ?—Some of the
posing cause to produce them. have had some predis,
At what hour did you receive information of Se
Major Lilley's sudden attack of illness ?-1 no: erger received ant
any intimation whatever that he was ill.
By the prisoner (through the Court)--Why did you state
in your addendum to your report that on inquiry you found
the statement to be correct that the deceased was in the
habit of drinking a considerable quantity of brandy daily
during the arrest? How did you learn that the quantity
was considerable, and that it was consumed daily by s,r,
geant Major Lilley during the period of the arrest?—As j
have already stated, on the assertion that Colonel Crawley
had made to me, and the report made to me by Assistant
Surgeon Barnett. With regard to the term " considerable
quantity," our opinion was that if such quantity had been
taken to Sergeant Major Lilley's bungalow he must have
consumed a considerable quantity, But at the same time
both Mr. Barnett and I overlooked the fact that Mrs.
Lilley was consuming a considerable quantity.
The President—Never mind Mrs. Lilley. On what did
you found your conviction that the sergeant major drank a
considerable quantity:of brandy daily P—On the assertion,
made to me by Colonel Crawley and the report of Assistant
Surgeon Barnett.
By the prisoner (through the Coutt)—Did Assistant
Surgeon Barnett tell you that the consumption of brat,dy
by deceased was daily as well as considerable P—As far a;
I remember, he did.
Mr. Oliver Barnett, assistant surgeon of the 6th Dragoons,
was called for examination by the Coutt.
The Court—Are four or five glasses of brandy a day a
usual medical comfort for a woman in a consumption during
the hot season at Mhow ?—I consider that in the case of
Mrs. Lilley, who was suffering from extreme exhaustion,
that four or five glasses of brandy a day was not a consider-
able quantity for her to take, especially as the great irrita-
bility of her stomach and bowels did not enable her to take
solid food or nutritious broths.

You have stated your conversation with Colonel Crawley
regarding the brandy supposed to have been consumed by
Sergeant Major Lilley. What caused you to return to him
again and ask if he wished you to make any addition to your
report in the sergeant major's case ?—As the commanding
officer had brought the fact to my notice, I deemed it my
duty to represent it to Dr. Turnbull.
At what hour did Colonel Crawley speak to you, and at
what time did you first communicate with Dr. Turnbull ?
Colonel Crawley first spoke to me about 6 o'clock in the
morning. We remained on parade until about half-past
seven, and about eight o'clock I communicated the subject
of the conversation to Dr. Turnbull.
Report as nearly as possible the words in which you con-
veyed the information to Dr. Turnbull and the consultation
you had with him'in the office of the hospital P—As nearly
as I recollect I informed him of what Colonel Crawley had
said to me in the morning as to Sergeant Major Lilley's
having been supplied with such a large quantity of spirits
during the time ho was under arrest, and that as Mrs.
Lilley had communicated to me that her husband had
Lilley and
I don't
in the habit of taking some brandy and soda wate;elZ.l;*
day, I considered it my duty to take notice of it,
asked her about her late husband. Was that before You have stated that you waited onmiAdicirlse.
of the day
after your consultation with Dr. Turnbull ?.... Bet
'ore
consultation with Dr. Turnbull. (After a
hwea maleiern waited
aounmPi 1a g all that passed mean before my conversation in the early morning,
fore my conversation with him in the
be-
ween you and Mrs. Lilley at that interview but be-
about the addendum, and when the addendum
Colonel Crawley, I
State exactly, or as nearly as you can,
?_Waosnwtrhiteteth.
oenby Mrs.
Colonel Lilley,
c re and
her husband)
of June, after my conversation with
was
sd
trhueeroirf
not.the stsanteensiaeindt,
twooleky
or brandy and water every d some brandy and soda water
to do him harm. D_ ay, but she thought not enough
that all that passed P—All that passed
in reference to the b
hope not.
The President—Is
yoTuhaeddCeod iurtt t you . you think it did, Sir ? I replied, I
o
randy. 1 had a conversation with her
on other subjects,
u thought it had done so much harm that
Your report as a predisposing cause of his
decease ?—Ass
been so uating that he had taken so much. It had
emphatically stated by Col. Crawley that ho had.
Did Mrs. Lilley tell you the quantity of brandy her has-
band drank daily P--No ; she did not mention any definite
quantity,
Did Col. Crawley ten you that a considerable quantity of
brandy, &c.,
had been consumed by Sergeant-Major Lilley,
or that he had had it taken to his bungalow P—As far as I
recollect Colonel Crawley said he had the brandy. Be did
not say he drank it. I inferred from what Colonel Crawley
said that he actually consumed the brandy.
Upon what grounds did you form your professional
bodied in the addendum P.--UPon
opinion when on consultation on thetho statement report which wasmade tom©
cm.
by Colonel Crawley in the morning, and the admission o
Mrs. Lilley, in the course of the Hanle day, that her husbandj
hadjconsumed or partaken of some brandy and sods, water,
or brandy and water every day.
Who drew up the addendum, signed y Dr. Turnbull,
b
stating that he had found on inquiry that the deceased
sergeant major was in the habit of drinking a considerable
quantity of brandy daily, which was calculated to increase
the predisposition to disease P—Dr. Turnbull drew up the
report. I was present with him at the time.
Is it the practice in the 6th Dragoons to frame medical
--Noy
it is not.
reports on the statements of the commanding officer ?
The Court shortly afterwards adjourned.
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