“Who would be in charge of such bodies?”
“William Watts, the dissecting-room attendant.”
“Is William Watts present?” inquired the Coroner of the officer.
William Watts was present, and could be called if the Coroner thought it necessary.
“I suppose no dead body would be delivered to the hospital without your knowledge, Sir Julian?”
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“Certainly not.”
“Thank you. Will you proceed with your statement?”
“Inspector Sugg then asked me whether I would send a medical man round to view the body. I said that I would go myself.”
“Why did you do that?”
“I confess to my share of ordinary human curiosity, Mr. Coroner.”
Laughter from a medical student at the back of the room.
“On arriving at the flat I found the deceased lying on his back in the bath. I examined him, and came to the conclu
