PEACOCK MURDER CASE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1262, 18 October 1911, Page 7

PEACOCK MURDER CASE.

A MELBOURNE MYSTERY. By Telcsrraph-Press Aesociation-Copyrishl Melbourne, October 17.' The trial of Dr. Peacock, who was committed to the Supreme Court on a charge of murdering a woman named Mary Davies, has commenced. The accused challenged twenty jurors, without giving any explanation. Tho Crown exercised its right of challenge against eighteen.

The trial has not concluded. The evidence submitted was the same as was given in tho Police Court.

Dr bamueJ I'cacock stands charged m ' ir} 1 .' 8 . , 'f twc,!U August 17 aud - v »- fcusi _j, wu, lelonioiisiy ami maliciously t,°,t all f milrdt ' r <-' d Wary .Margaret Danes, in opening the case for the Uoun iu the lower Court, Mr. Detlin<l3o said Peacock was charged with having murdered a young woman by pertonumg an illegal operation on her. The young woman, up to August 4 last live.l witn her parunis at llowo Crescent, South Melbourne, ijlio Dccaine in « certain condition as tho result oi undue intimacv with a young wan named Poke, who icsitled at her mothers hou.se, and, on August 10, went to Dr. Peacock's hospilal under the name of "Mi ss Ndson " In interviews with Poke on August •» and later dates, Dr. Peacock ami that Miss JJavics was dead, and if her fronds did not make any inquiries for her ior a fortnight ho (Dr. Peacock) could di<1>OR« of tho body. He also said that ho would have to burn tho deceased's clothes and jewellery, and as the burning would probably be smelt if it we.ro done at his hospital, the best thing ho could do was o take them to his farm at Carriim and burn them there, whore there was pUyitv of scrub, and no one about. On Aupust 29 Dr. Peacock told Poke that he I,ad had the body buried, and on Poke askinwhere he said: "That is Lest kept to myseli." On August 27 Ihe accused wns scon at Carrum tending to a fire On August 20 he told Poke .that deceased's clothes and other articles had been