CONVICTED OF MURDER.
RELEASE OF A PRISONER. DOUBT AS TO GUILT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received. Feb. 28, 10.30 p.m. Sydney, Feb. 28. Arthur Bryce Peden, a mining assayer, after being convicted of the murder of his wife, who was found with her head almost severed at Thumblong, near Gundogai, in May of last year, has been released after the case had been heard five times. When Peden was first tried the jurydisagreed. He was tried again a few weeks later and was found guilty, but was recommended to mercy. He then approached the Court of criminal appeal and the High Court, but leave to appeal was each time refused. The Government later appointed Mr. Justice Street as a royal commissioner to investigate the case, and he reported that the evidence showed a substantial degree of doubt and recommended Peden’s release. The defence during the trial was tha't the wife was of suicidal tendencies and had taken her own life.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1922, Page 5
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159CONVICTED OF MURDER. Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1922, Page 5
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