Trunk Murder
Robinson on Trial
Posies of Flowers.
RUGBYITE AND CRICKETER AS COUNSEL
SUFFOCATION SUGGESTED. [JRv A.**n.—Copyright.) (Received 12, 12.5 p.m.) London, July 11. The trial of Robinson for the trunk murder began at the Old Bailey, The High Sheriffs and Mr. Justice Swift entered carrying posies of 9 relic of plague times, when sweet scents were supposed to protect people from disease. Mr. Percival Clarke, son of Sir Edward Clarke, is prosecuting. His junior is Mr. Roberts, an international Rugbyite, and the junior defending is Mr M. D Lyon, a wellknown Somersetshire cricketer. The day’s proceedings were occupied by the prosecution’s case, but surprise was caiised by not offering as evidence Robinson’s statement to Scotland Yard, the admissibility of which was contested. Defending counsel cross-examined witnesses as to the smell of gas in Robinson’s office, suggesting that the deceased was suffocated, not murdered.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 177, 12 July 1927, Page 5
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