Identification of Booth's body

[AussieMick]

Interesting ... thanks to you Roger and Steve.
The descriptions are very very similar. But one article describes the damaged leg as being the 'right' one , the other says the 'left'. To my mind, that's not unusual. Many people will describe another person's appearance from their own point of view; other people would describe the appearance from the person's point of view. ( Hope I've made that clear)

As for teeth, I notice one article refers to the teeth being perfect (but then that's very subjective ... it doesnt really tell us anything). Another has the identification being by a 'peculiarly plugged tooth'. Of course that does not necessarily mean that there were no other plugged teeth. Just that one of the teeth was peculiarly plugged.

By the way just to comment on some other points that have been raised :
Of course we all know, I think, that ancient dead bodies have been found with many teeth intact in the jaw ... but ... we also know (at least I do) that some of us have managed to lose several teeth in our allotted lifetime.

As for Booth's hair length. Well, I'm old-style and would suggest that the photos I've seen indicate that he didnt visit the barber's very often. Its long. But what's long to one person is normal to another. If he'd been in the army at the same time as me the Sergt would have been screaming "Get yer 'aircut, you 'orrible little man !!!" ... He may even have said that it was a foot long.