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EXCERPTSFROMTHETESTIMONYOFDR.R.R.

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DirectexaminationbyHon.H.G.Bailey

QYourinitialsareR.R.?
AYessir.
QAreyouapracticingphysicianandsurgeonatScottsboro,Alabama?
AYes
QHowlonghaveyoubeenpracticingmedicineandsurgerythere?
ASince1914
QOfwhatmedicalinstituteareyouagraduate?
AVanderbilt.
QDoyouknowthislaldy,VictoriaPrice?
AYessir.
QDoyourecallthedayinMarch,1931,itwassaidsomenegroesweretaken
offatrainatPaintRockandaccusedofrapingVictoriaPrice?
AYessir.
QDidyouseeVictoriaPricethatday?
AYessir.
QWheredidyouseeherthefirsttime?
AAtthejail.
QAtScottsboro?
AYessir.
QDidyoumakeanexaminationofherpersonatthattime?
AAtmyoffice.
QDoyourecallaboutwhattimeofdaythatexaminationwasmade?
AItwasinthelateafternoonaroundfouro'clockthebestIremember.
QJuststatetothejuryDoctorwhathergeneralconditionwas,whetherthere
wereanybruisesorwoundsorlacerationsonherbody?
AWellshecameovertotheofficeinoveralls,andwehadthoseremoved
andwefoundsomescratchesonthebackpartofherwrist.
QBackofthewrist?
ALeftwrist,yessir,smallscratches,andshehadsomeblueplacesinthe
smalloftheback.
QAboutwhere?
ALowdowninthesoftpart,rightaboutthetopofthehops,threeorfour
bruisesthatranged,oh,aboutlikeajointofyourthumb,smallasapecan,and
thenontheshoulders,betweentheshouldersanotherplaceaboutthesmaesize,

ablueplace,andweputthemmonthetableandanexaminationthereshowed
nolacerations.
QYouarespeakingofVictoriaPrice?
AYessir.
MR.LIEBOWITZ:Nolacerations?
ANosir,nolacerations;andthevaginalexaminationshowedthemale
elementmicroscopically,andwesawthefluidwiththeyeye,thatisthefluid
thespermatozoaiscarriedin.
QFromwheredidyouobtainthatfluid?
AFromthevagina.
QFromVictoriaPrice?
AYessir.Wemadeasmearandtransferredittocoverglassesannd
examineditwithamicroscope,thespermatozoaismicroscopic.
QWhatisthespermatozoa?
AItiscommonlycalledthemalegerm.
QDidyoufindmanygerms?
AYes,sirlotsofthem.
QFromyourexaminationofthegenitalorgansofthewomanVictoriaPrice
madeonthatoccasionwouldyousaythatshehadrecentlyhadsexual
intercourse?
AYessir.
QCouldyoutellabouthowlongbeforefromyourexamination?
ANosir,Icouldn'ttellintimeofhoursorminutes,Icouldn'tsay.
QThespermatozoayouexaminedunderthemicroscopeweretheyaliveor
dead?
ATheywerenonmotile.
QDoesthatnecessarilymeantheyweredead?
AWellasarule,yes.
QTheywerenonmotilewhenyouobservedthemunderthemicroscope?
AYessir.
QYousaytherewerenolacerationsortornplaces?
AWelltherewasaslightcongestionofthevagina,butasateartherewasn't
any.
QSlightcongestionofthevagina?
AYessir.
Mr.Liebowitz:Yousaytherewerenolacerations?
ANotear,butacongestionofthevagina.
COURT:Explainwhatyoumeanbycongestion?

AThemucosaofthevaginawasredderthannormal;thetissuearelikethose
ofyourmouth,thesametype,andthemucosaortissueasyoucallitwasred,
redderthanthenormal.
QIwillaskyou,baseduponyourexamination,theconditionofthevagina
wasinasyoufoundit,whetherornotthatwasevidenceofrecentsexual
intercourse?
MR.LIEBOWITZ:Weobject,theDoctorsaidhecouldn'tsayhowrecentit
was.
MR.BAILEY:Hesaidfromanexaminationofthespermatozoahecouldn't
say,butnotfromtheorgans.
COURT:Ofcoursethereisnoquestionabouthimbeingaphysician.
COURT:Canyoutellbyanexaminationoftheconditionofthemucosaof
thevaginaanythingabouttherecentnessoftheintercourse?
AIcouldn'tsweartoitotherthanitwascongested.
COURT:Youjustknowitwascongested?
AYessir.
MR.LIEBOWITZ:Youcouldn'tswearhowrecentitwas?
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FromcrossexaminationbyMr.Liebowitz.

QThetablespoonfullortwotablespoonsfullyoufoundthere,youcan'ttell
whenthatwasplantedinher?
AIcouldn'tsaytheexacttime.
QInotherwordsshemighthavehadintercourseonenightanddidn'tclean
herselfandthanhaveintercourseafewhourslaterthentheseconddeposit
wouldbeaddedtothefirstdeposit.
AYessir.
QThatisofnoparticularsignificanceisit?
AThiswasadifferentvaginafromtheother.
QWasn'tanysignificanceastothetime?
ANosir.
QStillinbothcases,theyounggirlandVictoriaPricethegermwasdead
apparently.
AYessir.
QWhichislikelytoproveisn'tit,whichismorelikelytoprovethatthe
intercoursehadtakenplacesomehoursago;somehourshadelapsed,some
appreciableperiodoftime?
ANosir.
QItwouldn'tindicatetheintercoursewasrecent,thefactitwasnonmotile?
ANosir.

QInotherwordsthebestyoucansayaboutthewholecaseisthatbothof
thesewomenshowedtheyhadhadintercourse.
AYessir.
QWithhowmanymenorwhenittookplacenobodycansay?
ANo.
QNodoctorcansay?
AIthinknot,nosir.
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COURT:Didyouobservetherespirationatthetime,whethertheywere
breathingfastofslowExcitementcausesaquickeningofthebreath?
AYessir
COURT:Didyounoticeanyunusualrespiration?
AIdon'tthinkso,theirpulsetheywerenormal.
COURT:Inotherwordssofarasyounoticedtheirpulsewasnormal?
APracticallynormal,yessir.
COURT:Anyexcitementorgreatstrainwouldhaveatendencytoincrease
thepulseandresandrespiration?
AYessir,verymuchatthetime,butafteratimeitwillbequiet.
QOverwhatperiod,howlong?
ADifferentpeople,differenttimes.
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COURT:Didyounoticetheirpulseandrespirationthenextmorning?
AYessir,theywerecryingandnervousandhysterical.
COURT:Theirbreathingwasfasterthenextmorning.
AYessir,itwasfaster.
COURT:Andthepulsewas?
AYessir.

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