e recovered from his home and not, of
urse, the one purchased by him after
wing the Docks) showed general agree-
ent with the hair of the deceased and dif-
red from the hair of the accused. It will
seen, therefore, that had Galbraith con-
jued in his denial of having been aboard
e ship, the scientific evidence would have
en sufficient to prove he had been in
srcey’s cabin, and would have compen-
ted for the insufficient fingerprint evi-
nce.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EyIDENCE STRONG

Galbraith was charged with the murder
Percey, and at the police court his soli-
‘or called no witnesses and reserved his
fence. In view of the wholly circum-
intial nature of the evidence, it was neces-
ry for the prosecution to call over 40
itnesses. The evidence produced by the
osecution followed closely, but, of course,
fuller detail, the circumstances outlined
this resume. With the exception of the
llowing point, no matter worthy of com-
ent arose at the police court. Galbraith
.d said in his interview with the Police,
id later in his written statement, that he
id given Percey a shave. Evidence was
-oduced to prove that the body showed
nsiderable growth of stubble on the face,
id medical evidence was called to prove
at hair does not grow after death. Gal-
-aith alone, of course, knew why he stated
> had shaved Percey, and the fact that it
as proved he had not done so must have
ld against him at his trial. He may have
ut this forward as an explanation for any

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spots of Percey’s blood that might later have
been found on his clothing, or, on the other
hand, to account for the hour and a half
during which he was in Percey’s cabin.
Galbraith was committed to take his trial
at the Manchester Assizes, and it is inter-
esting to note that after his committal there
was much speculation as to whether a con-
viction could be obtained on the evidence
available, and grave doubts in this respect
were expressed by experienced lawyers.
The trial at the Manchester Assizes took
place on May 9th, 10th and 11th, 1944.
During the hearing the only new evidence
produced was when Galbraith went into
the witness-box to give evidence on his own
behalf. He strongly denied having com-
mitted the murder and stated that Percey
was resting when he left him. He did, how-
ever, admit in evidence having seen Percey’s
money in the top drawer under his bunk
and having stolen the bulk of it whilst
Percey was momentarily absent from the
cabin. His original denial of having seen
any of Percey’s money; the abundant proof
that Galbraith had spent many of the actual
£1 notes paid to Percey; and the lateness of
his admission of this theft, were obviously
points which were not missed by the Court.
At the conclusion of the case, the jury,
after a brief retirement, returned a verdict
of guilty and Galbraith was sentenced to
death: He appealed to the Court of Crim-
inal Appeal on July 10th, but this appeal
was dismissed.
Following the dismissal of the appeal,
Galbraith’s counsel submitted a memorial to

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the Home Secretary seeking leave to appeal
to the House of Lords. This was refused
and sentence of death was carried out on
July 26th, 1944.

TOO ZEALOUS

“I’M beginning to think my lawyer is too
interested in seeing how much money he
can get out of me.”

“Why?”

“Just listen to this bill: “For waking up
at night and thinking about your case—
$5..°—Toronto Globe and Mail.

A CERTAIN member of the W.A.P.s was
one of the most popular girls in the town,
and when she married, the church was
crowded. After the ceremony friends rushed
to kiss the bride.

After half an hour the breathless girl
looked down at the little man and said: “I
don’t know you, why are you kissing me?”

The little man scratched his head and
replied: “I dunno, lady, when I joined this
queue outside I thought it was for razor

blades!”

THE workman had placed a ladder against
the clock tower in a city street and was
about to clean the clock face.

“Ah,” said an old lady. “Are you going
to do something to the clock?”

“No, mum,” replied the man. “I’m a bit
shortsighted, that’s all.”

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