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lsath? I should think within twenty-four hours
 Did you assume she came to her death the night before? Yes, sir. That was one fac tor.
 Which has the greatest specific gravity, the human body or water ? The human body. Yes, after time should suppose a body would sink
 Take any ordinary dead body put in the water, it would sink, would it not? It might float.
 Do not your books lay down contrary rule? Not invariably.
 Will you point me case in the books? l am not familiar with them now.
 Can you point me to a single case in the books ? I think there was a case of the kind in Fair Haven.
 But can you point to one in the books :? No, sir; not now.
 Mir. Doolittle-He has not any books here He can get some here in the morning.
 Objected to by Mir. Jones'
 The court-The cross examination is proper, and ought not to be interrupted.
 Mir. Jones resuming-Can you point to any case in the books? Not now.
 But you say your opinions are based on reading? Have you read nothing on the subject? I have not of late years. I read some on the point when a student. A tilt occurred between Mir Jones and Mir. Doo- little as to the tenor of witness answer
 The court stated that the witness said his opinion was formed partly by experience mainly by reading
 person float at once
 Mir. Jones-I don't want exceptional cases. Have you ever read Ogston's work?
 Mir. Doolittle-What is that name? Mir. Jones-spelling ito g-s-t-o ns. MT. Doo- little-Oh, that's it.
 Mir. Jones-Ogston's says on page 5O3 the body will sink until the gases are formed. Is that your opinion? I have seen animals float when first drowned.B
 MT. Jones-That isn't the point that's exceptional. Have you read (naming four or five other works) which state that bodies will stay sunk until gases were formed? Witness deliberating before answering, Mir Jones ex. cl timed ''Life is short.' Witness said he had not read the works named.
 Mir. Jones-But you come here and give your opinion without any ifs or ands that the girl was not drowned.
 Witness-You say life is short. You might omit this I don't claim to be an expert on drowning.
 MT. J.-Oh! if you don't claim to be an expert, and don't know anything about it, I will ask no further.
 MT. Jones-Oh, Doctor, are you an expert on fourchettes A.-No, sir am not.
 The court-A recess will be taken.
 AFTER RECESS.
 Mr. Jones to Dr. Shepard-You say you are not an expert on the subject of drowning cases ? A.--No, sir. Mr. J.-Then I will trouble you no further.
 MT. Doolittle-Wait a bit Doctor to Mr. Jones-Will you Jet me see that Ogston work? Mir J.-Certainly we have it here You will find it on page 503. Mir Doolittle- All right; will read it to tue jury This badgering of the witness must be looked after. will read [reads to the jury], The work says bodies trequently sink; there, that's all there is about it. Every ybody knows that. Dr. Doolittle reading a string of au- thors' names asked Mir. Jones if he had heard of them. Mir. Doolittle, continuing, read from an authority that bodies frequent ly foated in sea water. Mir. Doolittle cited several points from the books to witness ask ing if he had read and concurred
 The court interrupted saying the witness said he WAS not an expert
 Mir. Doolittle-The witness I submit is too modest altogether; he has had sixteen or seventeen years experience as @ physician. Mir. Jones and Mir Doolittle were proceeding further, when the court again suggested that it was unnecessary to go on further, and a new witness was called.
 Dr. Henry W. Painter inquired of by Mir Bush--I reside in West Haven practiced there formerly for twelve years graduated at Yale Medical School have not practiced for the last fifteen years; practice now a very little; was at West Haven shore Satur- day, August 9th was there about o'clock :; the body of Jennie Cramer lay on the beach; head to the north, feet to the south, and the head 8 little inclined to the left side the hair was dishevelled; the clothes disarranged the clothes were showed or wrinkled up and there was little sand on the garments the shoes-gaiter boots-were wet, but had not the appearance of being soaked from the mouth at the left corner there was a little trickling of blood there was neither froth nor mucous issuing from the mouth or nostrils the face was a little darker colored than natural and there was an appearance of a slight bruise upon the forehead and the nose there were two slight wounds on the under lip the hands lay across the lower part of the abdomen if not folded they were partially closed; I-saw the body next at the morgue at about nine o'clock. First made superficial exam nation afterward 8 thorough one The first time we removed the hat and examined the abrasions and wounds alluded to- Dr. Shepard and were sent down stairs to make 8 more thorough examination. Removed some of the clothing and examined the body Found no bruises on the body. Examined the genital organs. There were the remains of ruptured hymen. There were the roughish, irregular edges of the membrane, contracted at either side That membrane is very delicate, and when broken retracts or, I may say shuts up, to give the idea. They were little darker red than natural. They were not healed, but were in process of heal ing.
 A sparring occurred here to get on the track again, witness being desired to speak up louder by Mir. Jones, and some trouble being had to get the exact spot for starting on again Dr. Painter now further explained the subject.
 Witness continuing-There was slight wound or slight opening in the posterior part of the opening. Between the base of the hymen and the fourchette there is 8 portion of mucous membrane about three-fourths of an inch in length
 A confusion of lawyers voices here .oc- cured to get the witness answer down. Witness was frequently asked to " wait a moment"
 Witness-The form of that rupture was very obvious like the quarter of an orange Witness asked to wait I was going on to say that this longitudinal section or rup ture was very obvious
 Mir Bush-What in your opinion caused the rupture! Al Gnlnk It was violent entrance of the parts. The last described rupture would not have been made in ordi nary intercourse. Asked to repeat the fore going by MT. Jones
 Was the hymen of ordinary thickness and appearance It was.
 Cross-examined by Mir. Jones-Dr. how many fourchettes-Dr. is the fourchette proper rnptured by ordinary intercourse 1? No, sir No, not even if there were, as you say, great disproportion between the organs employed.
 Dr. you have read on the subject? I have
 Mir. Jones read from the book Ogston. page 1O5, in contradiction of Dr. Painters rup- sure theory Then ensued lively word issue between MT. Jones and witness the latter making some good retorts and using various Latin terms, and gesticulating as he ans wered.
 Witness-No, sir, we (witness and Dr. 5hepard) did not state to each other any con- clusion after finishing the examination
 Mr. Jones-Well, did he agree with you when he testified about the fourchette? No, sir. but he didn't mean what he said
 Mr. Jones-Perhaps he will pay you the same compliment You must settle the case yourselves.
 Witness was inquired of to further bring put for the defence that witness was liable to have been off the track in his claim as to the T.