CHARGE OF MURDER.
FOURTH TRIAL HELD. JURY DISAGREES AGAIN. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel* Copyright. MELBOURNE, July 30. The' Jury disagreed at the fourth trial of Rupert Davies and William John Cody, charged with having murdered James Edward Scriven, a Titles Office messenger, on January 31. The prisoners were remanded for a further trial. This Is the first occasion on which a person in Victoria has been tried four times for a capital offence. If a new hearing proceeds it will be the first time In Australia 1 hat any person has been presented at a fifth trial. The recent practice has been to abandon prosecution after three abortive trials. In the first trial the jury disagreed, but in the second found accused guilty and they were sentenced to death. Appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeal were dismissed, but appeals to the High Court were upheld and a new trial ordered, which resulted in disagreement.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 7
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155CHARGE OF MURDER. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20260, 31 July 1937, Page 7
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