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On following him they found the dead body stretched out upon the grass beside the pool.
他們隨他到了那里，便發現尸首躺在池塘旁邊的草地上。
The head had been beaten in by repeated blows of some heavy and blunt weapon.
死者頭部被人用某種又重又鈍的武器猛擊，凹了進去。
The injuries were such as might very well have been inflicted by the butt-end of his son's gun,
從傷痕看，很可能是他兒子甩槍托打的，
which was found lying on the grass within a few paces of the body.
那枝槍扔在草地上，離尸體不過幾步遠。
Under these circumstances the young man was instantly arrested,
在這種情況下，那個年輕人當即遭到逮捕，
and a verdict of 'wilful murder' having been returned at the inquest on Tuesday,
星期二傳訊時被宣告為犯有'蓄意謀殺'罪，
he was on Wednesday brought before the magistrates at Ross, who have referred the case to the next assizes.
星期三將提交羅斯地方法官審判，羅斯地方法官現已把這個案件提交巡回審判法庭去審理。
Those are the main facts of the case as they came out before the coroner and the police-court."
這些就是由驗尸官和違警罪法庭對這個案子處理的主要事實經過。"
"I could hardly imagine a more damning case," I remarked.
我當即說："我簡直難以想象能有比這更惡毒的案件了。
"If ever circumstantial evidence pointed to a criminal it does so here."
如果可以用現場作為證據來證明罪行的話，那么現在正是這樣一個案子。"
