Samuel Blatchford

“ It is contended for the defendant that, because of the contents of the proofs of death, the plaintiff is estopped from claiming that Hall's death was caused other, wise than by suicide; and that, at least, the court should have held that the burden originally upon the defendant was shifted, by the introduction of the proofs of death, to the plaintiff, and it became her duty to satisfy the jury, by a preponderance of evidence, that Hall died otherwise than by his own hand. ”

“ In December, 1886, he received, on behaif of the defendant, from one John Sherman Moulton, as agent of the plaintiff, certain proofs of death in the case. He testified that on that occasion he had a slight conversation with said Moulton on the subject of such proofs of death; that he (Brownell) looked at them, and said they were incomplete,-that the coroner's verdict did not accompany them,-and that Moulton said it would be supplied in a few days. Brownell was then asked by the defendant; 'Question. ”

“ Johnson, and there, in the presence of two or three witnesses, complained of suffering intense pain in his head, frequently placing his hands to his head, and complaining of the aevere pain which he suffered. ”