“You were the first medical man to see the deceased?”
“I was.”
“And you have since conducted an examination in collaboration with Dr. Grimbold of Scotland Yard?”
“I have.”
“You are in agreement as to the cause of death?”
“Generally speaking, yes.”
“Will you communicate your impressions to the jury?”
“I was engaged in research work in the dissecting-room at St. Luke's Hospital at about nine o'clock on Monday morning, when I was informed that Inspector Sugg wished to see me. He told me that the dead body of a man had been discovered under mysterious circumstances at 59 Queen Caroline Mansions. He asked me whether it could be supposed to be a joke perpetrated by any of the medical students at the hospital. I was able to assure him, by an examination of the hospital's books, that there
