Let's narrow down some Ripper 'facts'

[Wickerman]

Would you tell us by which marvel Bond's ToD would be accurate,

According to whose standards?

[Wickerman]

Jon, you really think you're on something here with Dr Bond ?
If so, I'm sorry for you.

Coming from someone who cannot distinguish a form from stationary, thats pretty impressive

[DVV]

According to whose standards?

According to Bond's own words, and here is your problem.
Please answer : why do you think Bond's ToD is accurate ?

[DVV]

Your titinic effort to prove Ben and Garry wrong just proved your reasoning ridiculous, Jon.

Come on, what was Bond relying on ?

Rigor mortis ? No.

Her last meal ? YES.

But when was it ?

[Wickerman]

According to Bond's own words, and here is your problem.
Please answer : why do you think Bond's ToD is accurate ?

Are you intentionally avoiding the real point?
Warren & Anderson trusted Bond, irrefutably it seems.
It didn't need to be accurate by our standards, his opinion needs to be trusted by them.

They made the decisions, not I.

Regards, Jon S.

[DVV]

Are you intentionally avoiding the real point?
Warren & Anderson trusted Bond, irrefutably it seems.
It didn't need to be accurate by our standards, his opinion needs to be trusted by them.

They made the decisions, not I.

Regards, Jon S.

Sorry, Jon, but I read your post cautiously and Bond's TOD was essential in your reasoning.
Unfortunately, it's useless.
You may like to have the last word for the sake of it, as for me, it's no problem when I'm corrected.

[Wickerman]

Sorry, Jon, but I read your post cautiously and Bond's TOD was essential in your reasoning.

Wrong, I specifically quoted Bond at least twice. I've been around this too long to fall into that kind of trap.

[DVV]

Oh, what's this ?

Actually Malcolm, I was thinking of something a little more specific:

“The body was comparatively cold at 2 o'clock........It is therefore pretty certain that the woman must have been dead about 12 hours and the partly digested food would indicate: that death took place about 3 or 4 hours after the food was taken, so one or two o'clock in the morning would be the probable time of her murder”

So long as Anderson puts faith in Bond's opinion, both Swanson and Abberline have little room for manouver. Hutchinson claiming to see Kelly when she was already dead (Bond), means they must relegate Hutchinson's claim in favour of Cox's.
What do they have to enable them to argue with the boss? - nothing.

They already have one case of mistaken identity in Maxwell, so now they have another in Hutchinson?

Regards, Jon S.

[DVV]

And this...

Anderson asked Bond for his opinion, Bond sent it in writing on the 10th so Anderson had in his hands Kelly's probable time of death.
- What do you think he would do with it?
- What impact would this have on the course of the investigation?
- Any point in pursuing Hutchinson's suspect any more?

Regards, Jon S.

[DVV]

And this...

Given that Cox could only provide a suspect 1 hour and 15 minutes before Bond's probable "time of death" estimate, Anderson will know that Lawende is still a better witness from a legal perspective.

Bond's medical estimate does not make Cox a principal witness for sighting the Ripper, what it does do is eliminate Hutchinson from ever being considered as "the best witness", in spite of his claim.

Regards, Jon s.

So, in short, I was right pointing out that Bond's TOD was essential in your reasoning.
And you're just a liar, and too proud to admit you're wrong.

[Wickerman]

Agreed, now kindly show me what is written "essentially in my reasoning"?

Then, please explain why what I think about Bond's estimate has anything to do with Anderson's decision.

Lastly, unless you missed it, I also pointed out to Malcolm that Bond's estimate need not have been correct. The fact it was trusted and accepted by those who matter, is all that is relevant for the change to occur.

Unless you think otherwise.

Regards, Jon S.

[Wickerman]

And you're just a liar, and too proud to admit you're wrong.

No use spitting your dummy out at me sunshine....

[DVV]

Beg your pardon ? I read your posts, comment on them, and you deny having written such posts...branding me a liar implicitly.

But you are the liar, as you compelled me to prove it.

[DVV]

Unless you think otherwise.

Regards, Jon S.

Of course I think otherwise. Anderson could read the reason why Bond made this estimate.
As much as all of us.

In other (broken-English) terms : Anderson knew that Bond had no idea when Mary took her last meal.

[DVV]

In other (broken-English) terms : Anderson knew that Bond had no idea when Mary took her last meal.

Yes, for once, Anderson knew.