William Sutherland, duly qualified medical practitioner, Lawrence, said he was called to see the deceased on Tues day evening about 7 o'clock and, on viewing the body, he found a depressed fracture at the base of the skull which must have caused death almost imme diately. It could have been caused by the heel of the horse's shoe. There waß no projection on the road where the ac cident occurred to cause such an in jury. There was also a slight bruise on the upper part of the chest. Having heard the circumstances of the accident, he was of opinion that death was caused in the manner described.
