Enough to Hang Him.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 38, 18 May 1917, Page 2

Enough to Hang Him.

The following instance of conclusive circumstantial evidence came to light in a case which Lord Chancellor E.don was employed on circuit ; in later years he related it to one of his daughters in these words ;

“I have heard some very extraordinary cases of murder tried. I remember in one, where I was counsel, for a long time the evidence did not appear to touch the prisoner at all, and he looked about him with the most perfect unconcern, seeming to think himself quite safe. “At last the surgeon was called, who stated deceased had been killed by a shot —a gunshot— in the head, and he produced the matted hair and stuff cut from and taken out of the wound. It was all hardened with blood. A basin of warm water was brought into court, and as the blood was gradually softened a piece o! printed paper appeared—the wadding of the gun—which proved to be half of a ballad. “The other half had been found in the man’s pocket when he was taken. He was hanged,”