THE MAREO CASE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 154, 1 June 1936, Page 7

THE MAREO CASE.

RETRIAL AT AUCKLAND. COMMENCEMENT MADE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 1. Sentenced to death in February for the murder of his wife, Thelma Clarice Mareo, aged 29. by administering a hypnotic drug, Eric Mareo, aged 45, a musician, stood in tlie dock of the .Supreme Court this morning for retrial on lhe grounds that fresh evidence had been discovered. Mr Justice Callan presided, the Crown case being conducted by Mr V. R. Meredith, who at the time of the first trial was travelling as manager of the All Blacks; with him was Mr F. McCarthy. The case for the defence was again conducted by Mr H. F. O’Leary (Wellington), with Mr Trevor Henry and Mr K. C. Aekins. No evidence was called for the defence at the last trial, hilt several witnesses will be called on this occasion, including three from Australia. It is expected that the trial will last about a fortnight. Casual public interest was shown this morning, a small queue of men ■waiting outside the doors and a few women being seated ill the gallery set aside for them. Mareo stepped briskly into the dock. After smiling at his counsel he stood watching carefully the empanelling of the jury. Neatly dressed in a blue striped suit, he looked fit and bronzed. Nine applications for exemption from the jury were made and four granted. Fifteen were set aside by the Crown, and the defence exhausted its right to challenge. The Court has adjourned to allow the jurymen to make their business and domestic arrangements.