about
midnight on September 27
`` Thank you , '' said the magistrate . `` And now , Dr. Thorndyke , if you have given us all the facts , perhaps you will tell us what conclusions you have drawn from them . '' `` The facts which I have stated , '' said Thorndyke , `` appear to me to indicate the following sequence of events . The deceased died about midnight on September 27 , from the effects of a poisonous dose of morphia , how or by whom administered I offer no opinion . I think that his body was conveyed in a boat to Sundersley Gap . The boat probably contained three men , of whom one remained in charge of it , one walked up the Gap and along the cliff towards St. Bridget 's Bay , and the third , having put on the shoes of the deceased , carried the body along the shore to the Bay . This would account for the great depth and short stride of the tracks that have been spoken of as those of the deceased .