Originally posted by Trevor Marriott
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However, the signed depositions in this case, not withstanding a lack.of some detail clearly say that 1. Eddowes was wearing an apron at the police station.
2. That the two apron portions were the apron worn by EDDOWES.
3. When asked if it was the same apron, the reply was the witness would need to see the whole apron to be sure.
The witness was shown both pieces and agree it was the apron.
By definition the witness would not be able to do this if the apron was incomplete. Therefore it was complete, and of.
When comparing depositions to press reports, the thing to remember is a deposition was not in the 19th century a complete record of what was said, the court recorders often lacked the skills to take a full verbatim version. Fortunately that is not now the case you do not appear to take this on board
One of the skills of an historian and researcher is the ability to work with sources that may not always be consistent, Normally we look not only multiple reports, but for serperate sources( reporters)
The reports are only unsafe in your view, because you are not an historian.
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