THE MERRETT TRIAL.
STATEMENTS BY DECEASED. BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION -COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Feb. 2. At the Merrett trial. Dr. Holcombe gave evidence that deceased, alter her admission to the infirmary, said: “I was sitting writing letters. John was standing beside me. I said, ‘Go away! Don’t annoy me!’ Next I heard an explosion, anti do not remember any more.” Dr. Holcombe admitted that he did not write the statement down. Mr. Aitche-son (defending counsel): “Are we at the mercy of your recollections ten months after the event?” Dr Holcombe: “Yes.” Dr’. Holcombe gave evidence that Mrs. Meriett was shot behind the ear. There was no sign of blackening or singeing. , ~ •Mrs. Penn, deceased’s sister, said that Mrs. Merrett was married in New Zealand in 1997. Her husband was an electrical engineer) They separated before the war and the mother and son returned to England in 1925. The son attended Malvern College for a year. The mother’s yearly income was £7OO. She said that Mr. Merrett was now living in India. Witness added : “My sister .said to me, ‘They say that I had a fall, but I doubt it. It was a. suddeu explosion, as if John had shot me.” The hearing was adjourned.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 4 February 1927, Page 5
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