Attorney General v Ball
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Judgment Date | 01 January 1936 |
Date | 01 January 1936 |
Court | Central Criminal Court (Ireland) |
"Reconstruction" -Corpus delicti - Dead body not found - Onus of proof.
The accused was indicted for matricide. He made a statement to the effect that his mother had in her bed committed suicide with a safety razor and that he had put her body into the sea. A bloodstained hatchet was found in the house occupied by accused and deceased, and a very large amount of blood was splashed about various parts of the premises. Photographs taken of the positions...
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