THE MERRETT TRIAL
HEARSAY EVIDENCE
CAUSE OF MOTHER'S DEATH
(United Brass Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, 4th February.
At the trial at Edinburgh, of John Donald Merrett, educated in New Zealand, on the charge of tho murder of his mother, Walter Perm, Mrs. Merrett's brother-in-law, declared that Donald said to Mrs. Perm: "I did not do it, bujTl will confes if you like." Witness did not take this seriously. Nurse Grant gave evidence that she overheard a conversation at tho hospital. Mrs. Perm told Mrs. Merrett she must have fallen. Mrs. Merrett replied: "No. It was an extraordinary thing. I heard an explosion. Did not Donald do it? He is such a naughty boy.''
Elizabeth Christie, dancing instructress, whom Donald sometimes took out, gave evidence that Donald said that his mother shot herself, possibly accidentally.
. Experts testified that, suicide was improbable.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1927, Page 9
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