Book 2 - Nathan, Amy, Madison and Ethan Berga
Book 2 - Nathan, Amy, Madison and Ethan Berga
Book 2 - Nathan, Amy, Madison and Ethan Berga
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in which the assumption is made that the<br />
fracture is complete, what do you mean<br />
A. I underst<strong>and</strong> that the skull is fractured<br />
clear through.<br />
Q. That is that the fracture extended<br />
through the whole thickness of the bone<br />
A. Yes Sir.<br />
Q. Is it usual in cases of fractured of the<br />
skull that the patient becomes unconscious<br />
at once<br />
A. I think the patient is invariably unconscious<br />
at the time; he may regain consciousness<br />
later, but a blow that would<br />
make a fracture of that nature would cause<br />
unconsciousness. He might recover consciousness<br />
afterwards <strong>and</strong> go about his<br />
business <strong>and</strong> be apparently as usual for a<br />
time.<br />
Q. Is a man or a person in walking across a<br />
floor <strong>and</strong> falling down without any apparent<br />
cause likely to sustain a fracture of that<br />
severity<br />
A. It would depend upon how hard he fell.<br />
Q. I mean just walking across the floor, not<br />
running, just walking<br />
A. If he struck his head against the floor he<br />
might sustain such a fracture.<br />
Q. On the back of the head<br />
A. Yes Sir.<br />
Q. A boy skating on ice when he falls does<br />
not usually sustain such a fracture<br />
A. Not usually.<br />
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Q. How long would this period of unconsciousness,<br />
following a fracture like this,<br />
how long would it last<br />
A. It might be of very short duration, but it<br />
would be apt to last for sometime.<br />
Q. Now, if this fracture occurs from a<br />
contra-coup would the shock producing<br />
the fracture be more or less severe than the<br />
shock producing a blow direct<br />
A. I would not necessarily be any more of a<br />
shock.<br />
Jerome Fry<br />
Jerome Fry, recalled on his own behalf,<br />
testified as follows:<br />
Q. During the time that you were struggling<br />
with Johnson in the saloon, was there<br />
any time during that struggle that he was<br />
not conscious <strong>and</strong> could not fight.<br />
A. No Sir, there was not.<br />
Defendant rests.<br />
F.M. Mason<br />
F.M. Mason, recalled for rebuttal, testified<br />
as follows:<br />
Q. Do you remember, Mr. Mason, the<br />
$13.50 check<br />
A. The $13.50 check, yes sir.<br />
Q. And that is the one you testified you<br />
sent in to the Company<br />
A. Yes Sir.<br />
Q. Describe to the Court the shape that<br />
check was in
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