The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-01-26

and get = Icctor' Cannot s&y II -aw Charlie load
or not.
Orl4qd, n Hyusf0a ,roru-I vas employed On
board the France Palmer 10 October last, by the
cook. the Afternoon = the 10th. saw Horton kick
Charlie that evening, ! should ny On the side 4 the
hetf- Charlie va IN the sreI- Il the stArbeart lie
q the vessel The stairs lead from the main deck 70
the poop Horton was Oh the poop when he ILHctel
that kick / heard Charlie Say that ne wautel o. get
through his work before night, and he wa going 70.
horton stepped frWarl ana said, You vii, You
-on Of q D." anu inflicted = kick. Charlie fell
down upon the deck; he never rose again There
w-s no riag-bolt where his head struck; /; wassor8
inches from where his head struck.
Cross srgmt.'t-I was standing on tie st-rioarl
SHE o. the vessel, about two feet forward u the after
part Of the house; did not see Charlie come up; lie
was on the steps when I saw him; should say he was
standing with hi- foot On the second step from the top,
IN the attitude Of coming down; his shoulder was just
above the cOnbing If the hatch; lie was STOPPING.
There l. an iron railing there: his hand was not on II.
Do not know where his hand was, &c. Has been
previously examined in this place, also before soro-
neT's jury; part Of testimony there given he had
heard real, part not, and had signed II 80. Saw
Lis Oh the poOp-deck Of the vessel; think he was
nearer 10 the scUttle-way than | was; should think
the bench he sat On was forward Of the mizzen rig
gIng, on the side opposite Charlie, on the port side
the ~skylight. Horton struck Charlie on the right
side II the head, or somewhere III the neighbOrhOCi
(of the head) He had no where else TO kick him;
he kicked him in the neck-uOt sure whether in the
neck or head; he could not kick him anywhere else
than on the right side Of the head. l am not aware
that ! swOre he kicked him on the right side Of the
/ mead. The l@tt side OF Charlie was tuTuel u me.
AnybCig standing AFT could have seen better than /
did. Charlie was IL attitude OF coming down; ne fell
bodily tl 4 e. neap, and struck on the deck on his
posterIO.- iEs face was towards the wharf, the star
board side. / Was coming aft at the time; | stood on
the stce -pYt ~ when I first saw him kicked; stop
pei Il. when Z saw him falls; he fell over backward.
after ae came Gown on his pOsteriOgs- Horton used
the words. GCu viii, will you, you son Of = D."
As he rli-- his foot 10 kick him. Horton was
facing 0rNIrL I was FIRST one who approached him
when he III.
By 81, T1Hrf-IIis face was towards the wharf
when L.e,-i. his right side toward Horton, his left
side t0-rsi -; I could see his head, and part Of his
~shOulirr D. q little above the beam.
BY a JuTor-lfOrton was facing the bow Of the
ship.
DT. r.. +. GuiIou ~srrorn-Assisted ut post
norton e.anination Of body Of Charlie. There was
cCnsidcra1I, extrayasation Of blood about the base Of
the brain and the upper portion Of the spinal column.
There va "i-lOcatiun Of the spine Of the third verte-
bra the displacement about q half inch to the
patients right Of a straight line along the other YER
tehrH. We concluded Heath had been caused by the
injury Of which I have given the description. | e-
anined the pupils Of the eyes; they were Aiilted in
an unnatural way. I concluded from that there was
oppression Of the brain. The extray1sation Of blood
appeared to be very recent; | thought it was less
than n few hours; II might have been produced by an
injury inflicted about two or three hours previously.
My conclusion was, from the examination, that death
Wa caused by an injury received some few hours be-
fore ny q blow or violence applied to the back and side
Of the meek in the vicinity Of the third vertebra from
the left side, and a position somewhat behind the
person receiving il. The vertebrTS was dislOclted to
the right. The injury was not likely To result by a
person falling down, unless he struck; it might have
been caused by a blow on the right side of the head,
which caused the head 10 strike against something hard
on the other side The injury might have been prOdu-
ced by the application ola hard body, not exceeding an
inch and q half, applied on n line with the third YER
zebra from the left side, or somewhat behind, passing
towards the right. 1t need not have had any inclining
motion at the time. The direction applied to the blow
refers TO the perpendicular action. The hard sub
s.ance might have been stationary and the body
moving, and the effect in question produced. The
dislocation and extravasation could not have occurred
without tue application of some external force. From
the nature Of The eItravssation, II must have occurred
within a few hours.
Cros.-eraminef-It would not necessarily require
a violent blow; it would depend upon the muscular
state Of the person; if the muscles were taut, they
would resist the blow; if slack, be more easy to dis
locate. II muscles are relaxed, they form no resist
if taut, they DO \ blow on the right side Of
the head alone would not make the dislOcatlon spoken
Of That Is my professional opinion. There was no
discoloration ON the right side of the head. There
was no evidence Of any blow by Il raising on the right
Of the head. There was no indication OF injury
applied on right side Of the head, but the
effusion OF blood ia that region might have come from
laceration of blood vessels lower down. When a man
Is standing, the muscles required therefor are con-
muscles are very apt TO be rellXei.
II. l.. Il. UOOf sIrOrA-On account Of the length
Of this report, We must refer TO this witness examin-
alton az published in our last number.
Dr.. s. p. Ford sLrOrH-Nadea pOst-mortem eI-
Of Charlie At the station house, on a Sun
day evening in October. | advised them not to hold
the pOst-mOrten ihat night. but ut Q o'clock, p. NJ,
they sent for me. 1t has always been the custom, so
far a. my experience goes, TO let the body lie until it
Is cold; while the blood Is suii it is embarrassing.
QussfiOH-If the examination had been postponed
until the body got cold and solid, would or would not
e1trlvasation Of blood from external injuries have
been more easily discovered? Objected TO. Judge
Allen ruled that = medical man might give his opin-
ion upon n given state Of facts. Judge Robertson
thought the objection gOOl.) EEtravasltion would
not appear until the parts became rigid perhaps.
DiscoloratiOn depends upon state Of the PATIENT.
Should think in such n subject As Charlie, discolora-
would take place in from six to twelve hours; it
IS impossible 20 tell The pupils Of the eyes were d-
lated % the full extent; IL indicates oppression OF in
Jury Of the brain. I removed the scalp and found no
axtravasatiOn Of blood. examined the upper part
Of the skull. | removed the top 0f the skull and found
e1trayasation in both temporal regions.
more on the right. We thought At first it was rup-
ture Of the meniugine artery, which 1t proved 20 be on
examination. We thought that sufficient cause to
account for the de.th-Were about to discontinue cx-
any further NJ the time. I chen suggested
the removal Of the brain from the base II the skull,
and found a large amount IF extrayaSatel blood at
the base Of the brain, with the same appearance fol-
lowing down the spinal marrow. This appearance
induced Us 10 extend the examination still further.
On laying the spinal column Of the vertehre bare we
found the the third vertebra Of the neck dislOcated to
the right side. about half an inch from the medium
OF the process Of the other v%ertebrse; there was
no appearance further than that; We extended the
examination no farther. The rupture Of the temporal
artery was sufficient to cause death; any
violent falls or blows would produce such dislocation;
it j. not a difficult one; muscular action would, If
sufficiently powerful, throw it out-any sudden jerk.
| should not think il would produce this dislocatiOn.
I should not think that 4 blow on the left side Of the
head against a beam would cause the dslocation; it
mus; have been something coming in contact with
the leverof the bone. Injuries 20 the head are curious
in their effects. Blows may be received on one side Of
the head and produce injuries on the other side, which
IS a very common occurrence. IL does not require n
very heavy blow in the temporal region, as 4 general
thing, TO produce a great deal Of injury-the skull
being very thin and nearly Hat. | have no way Of