DR REYNOLDS

Samuel Reynolds sworn oath:-

I am a legally qualified medical practitioner and surgeon residing at Mansfield
I was present at a magisterial Inquiry on the body of Thomas Lonigan
I had first seen the body of Lonigan at String Bark creek early on the Monday morning of the 28th Oct -
the day before I made the postmortem examination-
I first saw the body lying in its position on the back-
I first casually looked at it, It was a dead body-
I also saw the body of Scanlan a few minutes afterwards
I noticed a wound in the face on Lonigans body-
I made the postmortem examination on the body of Lonigan on the following day at Mansfield-
On examining the body I found four wounds - one through the left arm and one on the left thigh, and one
on the right temple, and one to the inner side of the right eye-ball, from the appearance of these wounds
I looked upon them as bullet wounds-
The wound on the left arm was simply a hole through the arm
The one on the thigh - the bullet had travelled under the skin & round the thigh - nearly to the inner side
of the thigh - The wound on the right temple I might describe as a graze - The one on the inner side of
the right eyeball, I traced through the bones into the brain & followed the wound into the brain, and was
satisfied as to the cause of death a few seconds would elapse before death from such a wound. I know the
last witness McIntyre he was present at String Bark Creek and pointed out the body of Lonigan to me-
I also made a postmortem examination on the body of Scanlan
XXX- by Mr Gaunson:- one wound was a graze - It is only a supposition that it was a bullet wound, the wound
through the left arm would not cause death, The bullet that travelled round the thigh would not cause death.
The wound in the brain caused the death. I did not extract it, I left it there

Samuel Reynolds

Taken and sworn at Beechworth in the Northern
Bailiwick this 7th August 1880 Before me
W Foster P.M.