MERRETT TRIAL.
FURTHER EVIDENCE. (BT CABLr—PRESS ASSOCIATJON-COPTIUGHT.) (AOSTBAMAS AHD X.Z. CABLE ASSOOATIOS.) (Received February 4th, 8.40 p.m.) JvONDON, February 4. At the Merrett trial Walter Penn, deceased's brother-in-law, said that Donald said to Mrs Penn: "I did not do it, but I will confess if you like." Witness did not take this seriously. Nurse Grant gave evidence that she overheard a conversation at the hospital. Mrs Penn told Mrs Merrett that she must have fallen. Mrs Merrett replied: "No, it was an extraordinary thing. I hoard an explosion. Did not Donald do «t? He is such a naughty boy." . Elizabeth Christie, a dancing instructress, testified that Donald said his mother had shot hersolf, possibly accidentally.
Experts testified that suicide was improbable. [John Donald Merrett.. aged 19, was arrested in December on charges of murdering his mother, Mrs Bertha Merrett, and forging her name to cheques. The Merrette were formerly New Zealand residents.]
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18918, 5 February 1927, Page 15
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