Doctor Saves Miner From Execution
HIS THEORY OF BULLET-WOUND
Was the shot fired from behind or in front? On tho answer to that question dopended the life of a miner accused of the murder of another miner who was infatuated with the prisoner’s wife. A plea of self-defence had been put forward on the accused man’s behalf. Tho case against the prisoner seemed to be overwhelming. The prosecution’s contention was based on tho widely-held belief that bullets made a small wound on entry and a large one on exit. But one doctor held a different view and his opinion led to tho miner’s acquittal. Tho doctor, Dr. G. R. Osborn, tells this story in a recent issue of Tho Lancet. The miner was a Jugo-Slav employed on toll Kalgoorlio (Australia) goldfields. I "I came to tho conclusion,” ho writes, “that the Crown medical witness was wrong in supposing that the small wound is necessarily the one by which the bullet entered. “Contrary to the general belief, a eutraneo wound is the rule with rifle bullets fired at close range.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 211, 7 September 1936, Page 12
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