[AusRace] The SP, a shark, and the long arm of the Law

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"The defence argued that this information was hearsay, (it needs
corroboration to be admitted), and so it's inadmissible as it is."

Which places the conviction of George Pell in its proper context.

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 17:13, Tony Moffat <tonymoffat at bigpond.com> wrote:

> When fishing off a small boat just outside the breakers at Coogee a 14 foot
> tiger shark was snared.
> That is big, and on braid, it being pre-nylon in 1935 when this happened.
> The shark was trailed ashore and taken over by the aquarium nearby.
>
> The shark disgorged a complete human arm and had not eaten anything  while
> being observed.
>
> The arm had tattoos of two boxers, the hands were fingerprinted and these
> matched SP Jimmy Smith.
>
> There was a summation that Smith had cheated on other crime figures, not SP
> related though, and that Reginald Holmes
> was involved, and further, Smith had been lured to a seaside house to meet
> Patrick Brady and Brady had been recruited by
> Holmes to murder Smith. The arm was severed from the body, and shown as
> proof of the deed most foul having been completed, and the arm was
> thrown in the sea to dispose of it, and this allows the entry of the shark
> to this story.
>
> Later, on the harbour now, the Police were called to the matter of an out
> of
> control launch and on this launch the found
> Holmes with a bullet wound, to the head. Holmes maintained he had been shot
> by an unknown man, and again there was a summation that
> Holmes had meant to suicide but this failed, it has to be said, and Holmes
> was treated by a nurse and allowed to go home.
>
> Brady gave  series of statements and records or interview to Police,  and
> Detectives charged Brady with murder, of Smith.
>
> Later, before the inquest of the presence of the arm, Holmes was found dead
> at Dawes Point, near the Bridge, murdered
> by shooting, 3 times under the heart with a .32" calibre firearm.
>
> Holmes widow told the inquest that her husband told her that Brady killed
> Smith, no specifics known.
>
> The defence argued that this information was hearsay, (it needs
> corroboration to be admitted), and so it's inadmissible as it is.
> Further, an arm did not constitute a body, and Smith may well be alive,
> without his arm. Although not habeas corpus, it kind of is.
>
> Brady was acquitted after inquest evidence was allowed and admitted.
>
> Smith was a SP in a South Coast town, the other SP was the Undertaker.
> Apart
> from his perceived dislike by Holmes, Smith appears harmless.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tony
>
>
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