BODY-SNATCHING.
♦ THS CHARGE AGAINST A CORONER,, GRUESOME EVIDENCE. UniUd Proas, A/M_c__tion— By E-Mf-ri* Tel.gn.ph— Copyright. (Received September 12, 9.60 a.m-.) * ADELAIDE^ September 12. * Desmoid, a_. veterinary surgeon^ eaid hrn hod sent Dr Smit__ at least forty hunukg specimens, the greater proportion beiag re* ceived by him frora other States. Soma ware sent to witness tp give to Dr $np&h-. so that evidently ius -reputation had spread to other Stages. Witness bad heard that Dr Smith, in order to enable him to give ' expert) evidence, had made experiments by. shooting at dead! bodies in the hospital. ' Martin, a trustee of the cemetery^ gave evidence as to the mixed up condition of some of the remains which had been ex- " • burned. Moet of the bodies -were mmua various members, and in one n_gt»_o» tin liver was found occupying ithe place of thd sto-l. . ■ The case* for the defence commences o_| Monday. .
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7808, 12 September 1903, Page 4
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149BODY-SNATCHING. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7808, 12 September 1903, Page 4
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