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MYSTERY OF GIRL'S FATE IN ORCHARD

Uncle Acquitted Of Murder Charge.

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The murder of a girl of 31, who, pocket, three met her fate in an orchard close uman blood were found.

When charged with the murder, to her parents' cottage remains i

accused replied: "I know nothing unsolved.

whatever about it.

For two days, the girl's uncle -her mother's brather-stood on trial at Herefordshire Assizes ac- cused of the murder.

After hearing the evidence only twenty minutes sufficed for a jury, composed entirely of men, to acquit him of the charge.

The accused man was Herbert Hughes, aged 27, and he WELL charged with the murder of Edith Agnes Nicholls

In his own evidence, from the witness-box, Hughes, 10 smart- looking young man, emphatically declared that he had nothing whatever to do with the death of the girl.

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The court was packed when the Jury brought in their verdict. ··

A look of relief crossed Hughes' face and he shook hands warmly with his counsel.

It was stated by Mrs, Edith May Nicholls, the dead girl's mother, who is deaf and who used an electric

1935.

MOVEMENT TO USE YEN

Japanese Association Asks Banks For Aid

A movement to place all busi- ness" transactions in the local Japanese community on the yen | Auctuations in the exchange rate," basis, to prevent losses caused by

WLS inaugurated last week in mercial Association, a Shanghai by the Japanese Corn-

powerfu organization of small merchants.

Representatives of the Associa- hearing apparatus in court, that she had not been in tion, the "Shanghai Manich favour of her brother coming to reported yesterday, called at the her cottage, because she thought Japanese Consulate-General, the he could make a home, for nim-office of the Japanese Commercial Secretary, and Japanese banks, self.

ner brother had been very fond asking for assistance in realizing

the plan. of her daughter up to about May 25, after which date he would not speak to the girl or go where she was. There was really no reason for this

rain be decided to return. He had reached the cemetery gate when was a rainstorm and he

A youth named Samuel Roland | there Porter said that he saw the accus-sheltered under the roof of the ed, who had been running from gate. ॥ the direction of the orchard at a sille. He only ""grunted" when spoken to. Witness gave the time B 9.45 am...

Apparently this time was fixed

by his seeing a postman's bicycle Hughes' mother was not in "zae outside Shobdon Post Office, only court, being too ill to attend. I a very

short distance from the Hughes and his mother had been, stile.

was,

living at Hillhampton Cottage, The postman, whose bicycle it Shobdon. near Leominster, the

spoke of reaching the post home of the dead girl and her office, between 9.45 and 9.50 a.m. He was in the post office with an- parents The girl was unmarried.

It was shortly before ten o'clock other postman.

last on the morning of July 19 that the girl was found dead in an orchard about 50 yards from the cottage. Her head was practically severed from her body and there were injuries to her arms.

Close by was a bloodstained axe.

MOTHER'S DISCOVERY

'It seemed that the girl mist have been attacked a few minutes before the discovery, which was made by her mother, for the latter in her evidence said that the girl

had her breakfast at about 9.15 | a.m. and had then gone out at about 9.30 am to feed the Yowls. To do so, the girl would have had to go to the orchard.

The mother said that at about she went to look. for she should have been

9.55 am. Edith as

back at the cottage by then.

Mrs. Nicholls got as far as the orchard gate when she was startled to see her daughter lying, on the ground. She rushed across to the

girl and knelt by her side. me girl was dead.

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However, a post office official called by the prosecution later at the request of defending counsel, Mr. Cartwright Sharpe, K.C., pro duced a time sheet, according to which the other postman had arrived at Shabdon Fost Once at 9.35 am and went off at 9.40

3 m.

SAW ACCUSED AT CEMETERY

P-C, Morris, of Shobdon, said that after he saw accused at the cemetery, gate, he was continually looking about his clothes and rubbing his face and eyes. He mumb.ed to himself,

Some of the words accused sald were, "They don't want me here.” and "Mrs. Nicholls and Edle won't speak to me. I don't like it. They upset me."

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Reference was made to accused. -having "brushed" at his clothes, end witness admitted that what accused brushed off might have been whitewash off the shed in which accused was kept from 11.30

a.m. to 4pm.

Dr. G. Roche Lyrich, senior The bloodstained axe belonged to official analyst to the Home Office, the girl's father.

No attempt had been, made to rob the girl. nor had she been molested. In fact, Mr. J. G. Micklethwalt, K.C., who prosecutea admitted that so far as any or- dinary motive was concerned, there was no..motive at all.

It looked. he said, as though someone had attacked the girl in a at of ungovernable rage and fury and without any reason."

said that he examined a pair of trousers belonging to the accused and found on the lining of the left pocket three small smears of human blood.

He could not say how old, these smears were. There were no other bloodstains on the trousers, "or a Jacket and waistcoat. Only a small amount of blood could have caused the smears.. The blood would have been on, the front of the hand and the smears could Counsel explained that Hughes have been, caused by the action of and his mother had come to live putting the hand in the pocket. at the cottage. At first there This concluded the case for the seemed to have been some objec-prosecution and Mr. Cartwright tion to the accused residing there. Sharpe then submitted that there but later Mrs. Nicholls and her was no case to answer, contending husband allowed him to remain,

Subsequently, accused was taken to the Herefordshire General Hos- pital with an internal complaint. He then returned to Shobdon and being unable to find work, possibly this preyed on his mind, said counsel. He seemed to get the idea that people were against him.

that on the times given by various witnesses; the prosecution had falled to show that it was possible for Hughes to have committed the murder.

Mr. Justice Hawke stated that the times given were approximate. If it was a question of approxi- mation. It was a matter for the. jury.

Defending counsel then called accused into the witness-box.

Bome incident occurred between accused and the girl on May 25, the effect of which was that he

ACCUSED'S EVIDENCE became taciturn and sullen, and refused to speak to the girl or to Hughes said that during the his sister.

time he was at his sister's cottage, Accused's behaviour became very he got on very well with the strange in June, and as a result | dead giri. There was no quarrel his mother took him to Lland- whatever.

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minded to see whether he could be. He was in the babit of going- subjected to some course of train-¡ walks about the countryside. On ing. He was there a month and ke | July 19, he arose about 8 a.m. returned six days before the and at about 9,25-a.m, he left the

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tragedy,

WENT FOR A WALK Accused got up at eight o'clock

Accused went on to detall the course of a walk. be 'took. He re- ferred to meeting the witness

on the morning of the tragedy, Porter at the stlle, but, he de- bad breakfast and then according|clared, he hadn't been running. to a statement he made to the “I walked quite slowly," accused bolice, he went for a walk.

stated:

Counsel alleged that at the time the girl's body was found, Hughes was seen running away from the direction of the orchard.

He went on to Shobdon Bridge. where he looked at his watch anil. found it was 9.40 am. Hls watch coincided with the time at the police station later in the day, "ac cused declared.

At 11 am police officers found hut the cemetery gate. He appeared worried and distressed. Finally, he sat on a stlle near Inside the accused's left trousers the cemetery and as it looked like

Counsel submitted that the girl was alive until 8.24 am. It had

that transpired

the postman's bicycle was placed opposite Shou- con Post Office at 3.35 am,

very

The witness Porter had little distance indeed to walk from the Post Office to the stile. Even allowing it to be 9.40 am when Porter met the accused, that was before the girl met her death, counsel urged.

The Court had not heard, al vestige of evidence as to any mo- tive for this ghastly crime.

Counsel added that there was no evidence of any "finger-prints on the handle of the are.

If there had been even one finger-print there would have been evidence to that leffect by the prosecution.

The Judge, summing-up, said that he could see no direct evi- dence that accused committed the

murder. If, followed that the evi- dence upon which the prosecution asked the jury to convict accused, was entirely circumstantial,

As stated, the jury found a ver- diet of "Not guilty," and Hughes was discharged.

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