A Text-book of legal medicine and toxicology v. 1, 1903, Volume 1W.B. Saunders & Company, 1903 |
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... persons present , and , invariably , of those by whom the body is identified . If positive identification by some one who knew the dead person during life is not obtainable , a detailed description of the characteristics of the body ...
... persons present , and , invariably , of those by whom the body is identified . If positive identification by some one who knew the dead person during life is not obtainable , a detailed description of the characteristics of the body ...
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... person of the identity of a friend , for the moment the question of a proof of such identity is raised by the third person a most delicate and difficult problem arises that has again and again taxed the finest sagacity of both lawyer ...
... person of the identity of a friend , for the moment the question of a proof of such identity is raised by the third person a most delicate and difficult problem arises that has again and again taxed the finest sagacity of both lawyer ...
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... person , movement , and disposition ; and the early recollec- tion by the claimant of a man whose nose had been destroyed by cancer , and who was a member of the family into which Shehan's child had been adopted . A full report of the ...
... person , movement , and disposition ; and the early recollec- tion by the claimant of a man whose nose had been destroyed by cancer , and who was a member of the family into which Shehan's child had been adopted . A full report of the ...
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... person to another in any violent encounter . In homicides the violence is most frequently applied on the skull , and hairs readily become attached and often fastened by blood to the instrument used . Vegetable fibers from the clothing ...
... person to another in any violent encounter . In homicides the violence is most frequently applied on the skull , and hairs readily become attached and often fastened by blood to the instrument used . Vegetable fibers from the clothing ...
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... person at any stage of his life between babyhood and old age , and for some time after his death . " Foot - prints ... person running is smaller than that of the same person walking , which in turn is smaller than that produced when ...
... person at any stage of his life between babyhood and old age , and for some time after his death . " Foot - prints ... person running is smaller than that of the same person walking , which in turn is smaller than that produced when ...
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Page 540 - But whenever the actual existence of any particular purpose, motive or intent is a necessary element to constitute a particular species or degree of crime, the jury may take into consideration the fact that the accused was intoxicated at the time, in determining the purpose, motive or intent with which he committed the act.
Page 440 - in all suits upon policies of insurance on life hereafter issued by any company doing business in this State, to a citizen of this State, it shall be no defense that the insured committed suicide, unless it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the court or jury trying the cause, that the insured contemplated suicide at the time he made his application for the policy, and any stipulation in the policy to the...
Page 7 - This work presents to the medical and legal professions a comprehensive survey of forensic medicine and toxicology in moderate compass. For convenience of reference the treatise has been divided into two sections, Part I and Part II, the latter being devoted to Toxicology and all other portions of Legal Medicine in which laboratory investigation is an essential feature. Under "Expert Evidence...
Page 445 - If the assured, being in the possession of his ordinary reasoning faculties, from anger, pride, jealousy or a desire to escape from the ills of life, intentionally takes his own life, the proviso attaches, and there can be no recovery. If the death is caused by the voluntary Opinion of the Court.