MERRETT TRIAL.
EVIDENCE FOR PROSECUTION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and - N.Z. Cable Association. (Received February 4, 8.40 p.m.) LONDON, February 4. At the Merrett trial, Walter Penn, deceased’s brother-in-law, said that Donald told Mrs Penn: “I did not do it, but I will confess if you like.” Witness did not take this seriously. Nurse Grant gave evidence that she overheard a conversation at the hospital. Mrs- Penh told Mrs Merrett that she must have fallen. Mrs Merrett replied: “No. It was an extraordinary thing. I heard the explosion. Did not Donald do it? He is such a naughty boy.” Elizabeth Christie, dancing instructress, stated that BOnald said his mother had shot herself, possibly accidentally. Experts testified that suicidtr ‘Was improbable. [John Donald Merrett, aged 19; was arrested in December on charges of murdering his mother, Mrs Bertha Merrett; and forging her name" to cheques. The Merretts were formerly New Zealand residents.]
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 5 February 1927, Page 9
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151MERRETT TRIAL. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 5 February 1927, Page 9
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