Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic medicine and Toxicology. Vol. 1 by R. A. Witthaus et al.

Witthaus, R. A. (Rudolph August), 1846-1915, Becker, Tracy C. (Tracy Chatfield), 1855-1935

Chapter 137: 1. _Harvey: Indian Med. Gaz., 1876, xi., p. 2._—Man, age 30. Found

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Chapter 137: 1. _Harvey: Indian Med. Gaz., 1876, xi., p. 2._—Man, age 30. Found

hanging by turban to bars of cell door; slip-knot around neck; heart beating feebly; died in about a minute after being cut down. “The point of suspension was forty-seven inches from the ground, the position of the noose twenty-eight inches, and the feet were forty-two inches away from the door supported on the toes.” Experiment showed that the turban could not have borne the full weight of the body. He died from strangulation.
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