he discovered on the buttocks of the deceased bruises as though they had been inflicted with a paddle, that on these parts the cuticle was off to some extent he also discovered a slight injury on the head but he is of opinion that these injuries could not have produced the death of the deceased, they may have produced an excitement of the nervous system which to some extent may have possibly enhanced other preexisting causes ... witness was informed had been complaining for some few days previous to her death of swimming in the head ... deceased was about thirteen or fourteen years of age and never had had her natural courses as witness was informed and in his opinion she was of that age at which her menstrual courses should have commenced & that a ______ of _______ oftentimes produce serious results that upon the whole examination made as aforesaid is of opinion that the deceased came to her dath by congestion of the brain and spine produced by natural causes

marks as if punishment had been inflicted upon the buttocks & the adjacent portion of the thighs with a paddle & also a few marks of punishment upon the back ... the marks upon the thighs seemed to be of an older date than the others which appeared as if they had been inflicted within two or three days ... we found the vessels of the Ra[?] Water of the Brain and also the blood vessels which penetrate into the substance of the Brain well injected with blood