Q. Did you see any women loitering about? A. No.
Q. What happened after? A. The next morning, Sunday, Lieutenant Paterson and Sergeant Fisher of the Police came to me, and I went to Dr Knox’s cellar along with them, and gave them the package which was left there the night before.
Q. Was it still roped? A. Yes, as it had been received.
Q. Did you assist at the opening of it? A. Yes, and found it to contain the body of an elderly female, apparently fresh and never interred. The body was doubled up in the box, all the extremities doubled on the chest or thorax for want of room.
Q. Describe the state when it came out of the box? A. I examined all the body externally, stretched on a table. The face had a very livid colour, there was blood flowing from the mouth. The appearance indicated evident marks of strangulation, or suffocation from pressure. I found no external marks on the body that might have caused death.
By the Court.—Q. Did the eyes project? A. No.
Q. Was the tongue hanging out? A. No.
Q. Was there any marks about the throat? A. No.
Q. Was there any injury about the lips and nose? A. Yes, they were dark coloured and marked with blood.