English Translation

14a - for the mentally ill, it should be taken into account that they may have wrestled wildly around themselves and thus had wounds in all parts of the body -; (c) stab wounds; here the following findings (aa) may speak for suicide: (a1) heart sting (suicide region), (a2) puncture opening is usually exposed, clothes are therefore not pierced, (a3) body site must be removed from the Suicides are easy-to-reach (so no stab in the back), (a4) several stitches are present, so the stitch channels usually have the same direction, punctures are close together, the number of stabs is slight (tangible) ; (bb) allow suspicions for murder: (a1) put through garments, (a2) stab wounds at places the injured person cannot reach (a3) several stitches are present, the stitch channels usually have different direction; the punctures are further apart; there are often defensive injuries on hand and forearm; (d) shot injuries; in this case the following findings (aa) can speak for suicide: (a1) shot to the suicide region (head, temple, mouth or heart), (a2) sign of the shot put on (contusion ring) or — if it proves otherwise — of the close shot (dispersion of powder parts in skin and clothing), (a3) shot at places where the suicide can be conveniently positioned (in the case of rifles, the large toe is usually pressed — a shoe must be undressed — or a string is attached to the trigger bar); (a4) powdered mouth on one or both hands (when using a gun) (b) allow suspicions for murder: (a1) shot through clothes, (a2) shot at body parts which cannot be hit by their own hand; (a3) missing signs of close-shot; (e) marks indicating hangings; here the following findings (aa) may speak for suicide: ( a1) the form of stranded furrows, which are located at the point where the knot develops. (a2) absence of signs of resistance, (a3) presence of a chair, a ladder, a table, or the like, by which the hanger could only reach his elevated hanging point; (a4) erects up fibres of the rope used; (bb) allow suspicions for murder: (a1) Throttles, which run round the neck (evidence that the victim was strangled by throwing over a snare; the body then hung up, choked, then shows two strand characteristics, namely the circular throttle and the rising strand furrow), (a2) absence of chair, ladder, etc. Among the hanged, who had made it possible for him to ascend to the hanging point, 14