A vindication of the opinions delivered in evidence by the medical witnesses for the Crown on a late trial at Lancaster for murder / by J. Gerard [and others].

Date:
1808
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Credit: A vindication of the opinions delivered in evidence by the medical witnesses for the Crown on a late trial at Lancaster for murder / by J. Gerard [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Section I. NARRATIVE, &c. AS the Trial of Mr. Angus is now published, and Dr. Carson's evidence on the subject is before the world, in which evidence he has arraigned the opi- nions which we have given upon it, we think it incumbent upon us, in the first place, to lay before our readers, a statement of the circumstances atten- ding the examination of the body of Miss Burns, together with a copy of the report which we deliver- ed to the Coroner, during the inquest; and also a more minute description of the appearances obser- ved, than we thought necessary to lay before the Coroner. This will be particularly useful to enable our medical brethren to understand the grounds of our opinions on the subject, and to decide the ques- tion in dispute, between us and Dr. Carson; for by their verdict the question must now be decided. On Sunday the 27th of March, 1808, at noon, Dr. Rutter received a note from Thomas Moly- neux, Esq. Coroner for the Borough of Liver- pool, requesting that he would take with him an experienced Surgeon to the house of Mr. Charles Angus, there to examine the body of a young lady who had died suddenly. After sending a i