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− | You could strangulate a man without a thumb; at least the doer of the deed could have no thumb.
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− | Q. How did you come to notice these marks first ?
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− | A Well, I simply asked of some of the boys I don't know just who they were, I could'nt even spot them now assuming that they were all here-because I paid more attention to the disinfection of the room, giving it an extra dose so far as all the clothing was concerned. I walked in and I saw—
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− | Q. (interrupting)You noticed those marks at once ?
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− | A Exactly.
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− | Q They were from an eighth of an inch to half or three-quarters of an inch ?
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− | A Well, somewhat in that neighborhood, A Was there much discoloration about it ?
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− | A. About the throat ?
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− | Q Around tho larynx on the outside, below the left horn, this horn here that was fractured ?
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− | A The left horn was broken.
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− | Q Which one of the horns, the upper or the lower ?
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− | A. The upper.
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− | Q Ordinarily there are not any lower ones ?
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− | A Ordinarily there are not, no.
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− | Q. Then there is only one pair ?
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− | A. Yes, right and left.
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− | Q This wind-pipe-we``ll call it by that name is cartilage, is it not ? It's not very strong ?
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− | A well, it bears the name of bone.
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− | Q It bears the name of bone, but it's really not ossified like the other bones of the body'
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− | A. It would``nt be as hard as some of the bones of the body.
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− | Q. In other words it would take very slight pressure to break it 2
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− | A. I would'nt like it performed on me. I could imagine it was severe.
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− | BC Archives GR-0419 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Box 95 File 1903/18 Attorney General documents.
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