FOURTH TRIAL FAILS
MURDER CHARGES
JURY DISAGREES
MELBOURNE, July 29,
The jury disagreed in the fourth trial of Rupert Davies and William John Cody, who are charged with having murdered James Edward Scriven, a Titles Office messenger, oh January 31. The prisoners were remanded for a further trial.
This is'the first occasion on, which a person in Victoria has been tried four times for a capital offence. If the new trial proceeds it will be the first time. in Australia of a person being presented for a fifth trial. The recent practice has been to abandon the prosecution after three abortive trials.
At the first trial the jury disagreed, and at the second the prisoners were found guilty and sentenced to death. Appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeals were dismissed, but appeals to the High Court were upheld, and a new trial was ordered, which resulted in a disagreement.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1937, Page 13
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