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1918 Supreme(All) 351

PIGGOTT
Emperor – Appellant
Versus
Yusuf Husain – Respondent


JUDGMENT

Piggott, J. - On the 26th of June, last, in the moring, in a frequented part of the city of Allahabad, a scuffle took place between Yusuf Husain, who is appellant now before this Court, and one Musi Raza. The two men came to the ground, the appellant being underneath and Musi Raza uppermost. When the scuffle ended Musi Raza was found to be bleeding profusely from wounds in the chest. There were two distinct wounds, one of which was on the right side of the chest and the other on the left, over the region of the heart. The wound on the right side was long and superficial, and, so far as the medical evidence goes, might have been caused by the knife or other weapon which had just inflicted the wound on the left side slipping along the body. The wound on the left side was of a peculiar character and seems to have honestly puzzled the medical officers who examined it. The most remarkable feature about it was that it was angular in shape, with two distinct limbs each about three quarters of an inch long. The medical officer whose evidence appears the more reliable was of opinion that this wound had most probably been inflicted with a knife, but that both the injuries on the ches

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