1866/16 R. vs. Ah Gah, criminal assault against a 5 year old
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John Chapman Davie [illegible] being duly sworn on oath deposeth and saith: | John Chapman Davie [illegible] being duly sworn on oath deposeth and saith: | ||
− | I am a Doctor of Medicine on the 25th inst. I made an examination of the child who is now in Court I hear her call herself Mary Gowian. I found the child laboring under a discharge from the vagina and pudendum of a | + | I am a Doctor of Medicine on the 25th inst. I made an examination of the child who is now in Court I hear her call herself Mary Gowian. I found the child laboring under a discharge from the vagina and pudendum of a muco purulent character the vulva was considerably distended, and unnaturally the hymen was gone and the orifice of the vagina lacerated. I examined the prisoner on the same day, I found him laboring under a discharge from the urethra similar in character to that from the child. I cannot state positively whether the disease is venereal, cases similar often arise without impure connexion: the laceration of the vagina and the loss of the hymen may be accounted for by the introduction of an instrument or fingers, or of the penis. |
BC Archives GR-0419 Box 5 File 1866/16 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents. | BC Archives GR-0419 Box 5 File 1866/16 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents. |
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Police Court 25th July 1866
John Chapman Davie [illegible] being duly sworn on oath deposeth and saith:
I am a Doctor of Medicine on the 25th inst. I made an examination of the child who is now in Court I hear her call herself Mary Gowian. I found the child laboring under a discharge from the vagina and pudendum of a muco purulent character the vulva was considerably distended, and unnaturally the hymen was gone and the orifice of the vagina lacerated. I examined the prisoner on the same day, I found him laboring under a discharge from the urethra similar in character to that from the child. I cannot state positively whether the disease is venereal, cases similar often arise without impure connexion: the laceration of the vagina and the loss of the hymen may be accounted for by the introduction of an instrument or fingers, or of the penis.
BC Archives GR-0419 Box 5 File 1866/16 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents.