DEATH OF ACTRESS AT SEA
SUPPORT FOR ACCUSED’S STORY (Rec. 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, March'22. Professor J. M. Webster, Director of the Birmingham Forensic Laboratory, in evidenepvat the trial of James Camb, a steward, who is charged with having murdered the actress, Gay Gibson, on the high seas, said that Camb's account of the woman’s death agreed with medical experience. She probably died from natural causes before she was put into the water. A later message says that Camb was found guilty of murder this evening, and sentenced to death. The jury agreed on their verdiet after 45 minutes. Camb, when asked if he had anything to say before sentence was passed, said: “My Lord, at the opening of the case I pleaded not guilty. I repeat that now. That is all.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 138, 23 March 1948, Page 3
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