<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">"The defence argued that this information was hearsay, (it needs<br>corroboration to be admitted), and so it's inadmissible as it is."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Which places the conviction of George Pell in its proper context. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 17:13, Tony Moffat <<a href="mailto:tonymoffat@bigpond.com">tonymoffat@bigpond.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">When fishing off a small boat just outside the breakers at Coogee a 14 foot<br>
tiger shark was snared.<br>
That is big, and on braid, it being pre-nylon in 1935 when this happened.<br>
The shark was trailed ashore and taken over by the aquarium nearby. <br>
<br>
The shark disgorged a complete human arm and had not eaten anything while<br>
being observed.<br>
<br>
The arm had tattoos of two boxers, the hands were fingerprinted and these<br>
matched SP Jimmy Smith.<br>
<br>
There was a summation that Smith had cheated on other crime figures, not SP<br>
related though, and that Reginald Holmes<br>
was involved, and further, Smith had been lured to a seaside house to meet<br>
Patrick Brady and Brady had been recruited by<br>
Holmes to murder Smith. The arm was severed from the body, and shown as<br>
proof of the deed most foul having been completed, and the arm was <br>
thrown in the sea to dispose of it, and this allows the entry of the shark<br>
to this story.<br>
<br>
Later, on the harbour now, the Police were called to the matter of an out of<br>
control launch and on this launch the found<br>
Holmes with a bullet wound, to the head. Holmes maintained he had been shot<br>
by an unknown man, and again there was a summation that <br>
Holmes had meant to suicide but this failed, it has to be said, and Holmes<br>
was treated by a nurse and allowed to go home.<br>
<br>
Brady gave series of statements and records or interview to Police, and<br>
Detectives charged Brady with murder, of Smith.<br>
<br>
Later, before the inquest of the presence of the arm, Holmes was found dead<br>
at Dawes Point, near the Bridge, murdered<br>
by shooting, 3 times under the heart with a .32" calibre firearm.<br>
<br>
Holmes widow told the inquest that her husband told her that Brady killed<br>
Smith, no specifics known.<br>
<br>
The defence argued that this information was hearsay, (it needs<br>
corroboration to be admitted), and so it's inadmissible as it is.<br>
Further, an arm did not constitute a body, and Smith may well be alive,<br>
without his arm. Although not habeas corpus, it kind of is.<br>
<br>
Brady was acquitted after inquest evidence was allowed and admitted. <br>
<br>
Smith was a SP in a South Coast town, the other SP was the Undertaker. Apart<br>
from his perceived dislike by Holmes, Smith appears harmless.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Tony<br>
<br>
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