0415 Sheet – Supreme Court Georgia Appeals of Leo Frank, 1913, 1914

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brain nor the meninge were affected. There was a little
contusion on the interlining of the skull. There was no bleeding
on the brain tissues. I don't know whether it would produce
unconsciousness or not. I was never asked before to examine
the inside of anybody's skull to determine the fact whether
death or unconsciousness resulted from the wound. It is my
impression that this lick did produce unconsciousness, but I
won't swear it, I don't know. The hemorrhage which we dis-
covered in the skull caused no pressure on the brain. That was
no sign that unconsciousness resulted. Where a person is strangled
to death the lungs ought to show congestion. I never examined
this girl's lungs. When I saw the body on April 27th I gave it
as my opinion that she had been dead from 16 to 20 hours at
9 o'clock Sunday morning. Rigor mortis was complete. It is a
very variable thing. I couldn't tell whether the blood on her
underclothes was menstrual blood or not. The hymen was not intact,
and I was not able to say when this hymen was ruptured. I saw
no indication of an injury to the hymen. The appearance of the
blood on the parts was characteristic of menstrual flow.
There was no laceration on the vagina, an indication on the
girl's body except those wounds on the face, head and legs.
The size of the vagina is no indication of anything except the
anatomy and the natural build of the person. It is no indica-
tion of rape. I found no outward signs of rape. I have formed no
opinion whether this little girl was raped or had ever had
intercourse with anybody. There were no external marks of violence.
I told Col. Rosser at the Coroner's Inquest that this little
girl had her monthly period on. I did not conclude that from my
examination. The monthly period causes some inflammation and
congestion in the blood vessels of the ovaries and uterus.
The vagina itself might have some different appearance. I was