The Home Office annotations - do they rule out a bayonet?

[DVV]

Why would she have lied?
Simon

Again, my dear, just like Wilson : not to tell the doctor it was a client.

[Simon Wood]

Hi David,

Sorry, I don't get it.

Why would she have lied?

Regards,

Simon

[DVV]

Yes Simon, she lied. Just like Wilson (robbery).

[Simon Wood]

Hi David,

You appeared to suggest that Emma Smith may have lied about her three attackers.

Regards,

Simon

[DVV]

Not sure what you're asking me, Simon. Re precanonical cases, my view does not reflect the opinion of the majority. Let's say I believe the C1 should be called C4, C5 or C6.

[Simon Wood]

Hi David.

So what are you suggesting?

Regards,

Simon

[DVV]

Hi Simon,
I'm not sure the 'Scotland Yard experts' did put too much faith in Emma Smith's account of her attack (see West testimony at the inquest).

[Simon Wood]

Hi All,

Bayonet, dagger, knife, toasting fork? It's all a bit academic really.

Martha Tabram murder, Echo, 10th August 1888—



How on earth did "some of the Scotland Yard experts" conclude that a gang of men had become a lone killer?

Regards,

Simon

[The Good Michael]

edit : btw, there are plenty of barracudas over here for some years. Some say it's an effect of global warming. Whatever, they eat all our fish, it's quite a disaster, and fishermen in my village don't know how to catch them. It's not in our culture.

Barracuda are not so difficult to catch. They can get pretty big though. I like to take about a 75 pound test line and attach a bent dagger to it with some squid as bait. Make sure to use the single-edged dagger, however, or the squid just gets split in half.

Mike

[lynn cates]

Puns made on porpoise.

Hello Christer. Please, no more puns just for the halibut. It gives me a splitting haddock.

Cheers.
LC

[Fisherman]

David:

"Please don't get banned again, the forums haven't the same taste when you're not around."

I´ll try to stay away from it, if you will do the same for me.

The best,
Fisherman

[DVV]

Good one(s), Fish. Please don't get banned again, the forums haven't the same taste when you're not around.

edit : btw, there are plenty of barracudas over here for some years. Some say it's an effect of global warming. Whatever, they eat all our fish, it's quite a disaster, and fishermen in my village don't know how to catch them. It's not in our culture.

[Fisherman]

Barracudas, David, have teeth that are sharp on both sides, so yes, that would be a likely specimen for him to catch. There´s probably only one type of fish he would NOT go for - since he would not be codding ...

Ichtyologically yours,
Fisherman

[DVV]

Hi Fish, awesome post !
Killeen could land a barracuda in lake Genova, methinks.

[Fisherman]

Sally!

If I got so angry with you for misunderstanding this business, that I burnt you with a cigarette and a cigar - would you then say that it pointed to uncertainty if somebody said afterwards that "she received a number of burn marks, that were made by either a cigarette or a cigar"?

Would such a thing tell us that

A/ that somebody did not KNOW if it was a cigarette OR a cigar, or
B/ That the marks as such all were made by a cigarette or a cigar?

If I go fishing in a lake that holds trout and perch, and after the trip tell you that it was good fishing, since anytime I went out I could be certain to catch a trout or a perch, would that tell you that

A/I could not tell the difference between a trout or a perch, or
B/ That I caught EITHER a trout or a perch on each trip?

How´s your sense for language, Sally? Can you see the flaw in your argument? Let´s test it! Here goes:

I think you made a good or a bad argument!

What do you think I mean? How uncertain am I about which type of argument you made?

The best,
Fisherman