THE MERRETT TRIAL
EVIDENCE FOR 'DEFENCE
(Received Bth February,' 2 p.m.)
LONDON, 7th February,
The trial of the youth, John Don«Bl Merrett, on a charge of murdering his mother, was continued. The Court raptly listened to the evidence of Dr. Rosa that Mrs. Sutherland (the house, maid) told him that she saw the deceased (Mrs. Merrett) remove her false teeth and shoot herself in. the presence of her son, while Mrs."Sutherland'a back was turned. The witness understood that Mrs. Sutherland saw the deceased falling after__£lie shot. Mrs. Sutherland denied the statement as to the false teeth.
Professor Robertson, an alienist, deposed to the effect that a sh'ot'might affect.the deceased to an extent rendering her subsequent statements unreliable.
Sir Bernard Spilsbury (Government Pathologist) said that the accident theory could not be excluded.
The case was adjourned.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1927, Page 10
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