Show THE PEARSON CASE Hore Expert Testimony pat in Evidence In the Pearson case at Provo on Mon day afternoon Miss Emm Pearson sister of the defendant was Remember the time of the accident SWOrn of my brother I was called home from the seminary upon the inlormatioa that my brother had met with a severe accident and was very ill when Ian rived and saw my brother his head was very much swollen and bandaged he did not know me was delirious I was much overcome and had to leave the room I did not see flint much while he was ill saw him frequently during vacation I was then twelve years old he has ben anmi affected since could not bear to hate u his bead touched when ill fa had some sickness and accidents since and has been more irritable I law Forrest Green with by brothe frequently in San Francisco they were always most intimate The deposition of Dr Lane of San Franoisco was read substantiatimJ cue previous testimony that the boy defendant fell uown several fiighta of stairs landing on his head was nn conscious for ten days a gash was cat over his eye was delirious for weeks afterwards abscesses set in pieces of bone were taken out and eri8in u set in for a time A hypothetical question was put forth in the deposition as to what would be tne result of such a state of condition The question was obiected to br prosecution and numerous authorities cited The discussion took considerable consider-able time and the objection was finiDr withdrawn The deposition of Dr W E Tajlor San Francisco besides corrobonS other testimony was of the opoa that such an injury would hanpu manent effect through life and ocd have an increased effect upon the de fendant as he has an excitable lad nervous disposition As to the qtu tion of alcoholic stimulants upon such t condition of the brain it would tend to increase the nervousness and nnsUblt ness of it Dr F H Simmons of Provo wa called Am a physician and surgeon graduated in 1S53 at Harvard ban practiced some in California Oregon Idaho and lately in this Temtoy V A hypothetical tiuejtioa TUS put describing des-cribing tld ujtirv to defendant in 1S7C = std what < r aid bo tbe probable resale of the Injury AFirt it would produce a fracture of the sktflt and concussion of the brain SecondIt would have a tendency ten-dency to make him deranged and might change his temperament altogether ThirdIt might be folio wed by epilepsy and delirium at times when excited Fourth Under any other excitement he would probably become deranged FirthIf of a nervous temperament alcoholic al-coholic stimulants would make it more so SixthHis susceptibility for stim ulanta seoul at time make aim irresponsible ir-responsible Alcohol Is a ditTt sire stimulant and about double the Etrenr th of other liquors QWnat effect would an undiluted form ot alcohol have on the ordinal personA person-A It would make the blood rush to I the brain If diluted with water it would retard the transmission to the brain If hot water it would be I quicker thought three stiff drinks of I alcohol and hot water in the morning on an em > ty stomach would make an I ordinary person drunk if followed cp with six or eight drinks or alcohol 1 whisk and beer would be apt to mate the person insane would be owing to II the susceptibility of the person to liquor Q Now take the young man of whom we have teen speaking with all I he attending circumst ances the early accident the rupture etc what would be the effect of this alcoholic rink Just described AIt would augment it considerably consider-ably Q What would be tho combined re suit of all these drinks under the circumstances cir-cumstances AIt would be apt to make him deranged Crossexamined would think a voung man of 25 Tears of age when he dranr three stiff drinks of alcohol an empty stomach then during the forenoon took several drinks whisky Intermingled with beer would be pretty drunk if he had hi d no such accident Q if after all this drinking the man came into the saloon asks what he is owing pulls out near the change dont you think he can stand a good deal of liquor Al do V The court was not in session yesterday yester-day and the case will be continued today J |