Martin Luther once said, “blood alone moves the wheels of history.” This is seen to be very true in the unsolved murder of William Robinson. Race played a big part in british colonies; discrimination was subtle, but present in daily life. In the far west of Canada, on Salt Spring island, a senseless crime was committed against a man of colour. Although a native man was convicted for the murder, the circumstantial evidence was filled with gaps, as well as fallacious and the trial was prejudiced, and thus, it is possible that the convicted was innocent, and the criminal responsible was never found. Saltspring island, a lightly populated (25 families) farm driven colony of British Columbia, desired government granted protection because of “unhappy …show more content…
Last seen at Sunday church, a man who often came to assist him found William Robinson dead. Henry Sampson, the constable (and local farmer) was soon alerted and forced entry into the windowless log home, John Norton, by his side. Robinson was found lying dead on his back, still grasping his dinner knife. He had been shot in the back, the bullet pierced through his body, the exit point was found two inches higher than the entry point, on the mans chest. The bullet was presumed to have continued, marking the table, denting the wall 11 or 12 inches higher than the table. The inclined shot was deduced to have been fired by the victims …show more content…
At his time of death, Robinson owned 5 pigs, which paid particularly well compared to other livestock. His net property worth was $202.87, a considerate amount which anyone would be intrigued in receiving, as saltspring was an agricultural society and farmland was expensive. A man like John Norton, who has a farm with an estimated lesser value, would have motive to murder Robinson. Moreover, Jonathan Morley had even stronger motive. After the death of Robinson, there were complaints against Morley illegally keeping Robinsons property. Although these claims against morley were deemed worthless, it is suspicious that Morley tried to claim the land. Morley couldn't find a will, which deemed strange, even to Robinson’s wife. It also seemed peculiar that the axe was found by Hambro Rinner after a suggestive tip from Mr.Morley. Although possibly a pure coincidence, Morley was present and actively involved in the cases of all three saltspring island murders. Is it possible that Mr. Morley was involved in the murder and tried to cover his acts with the life of an innocent native man? The latter explanation is nearly a theory as Morley was never looked into as a suspect, and there is little concrete evidence against
Case Analysis. Prosecutor’s Case Against James Earl Ray: The prosecutors have enough efficient evidence in establishing guilt against James Earl Ray concerning the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. First, James Earl Ray was in close enough vicinity of the Lorraine Hotel to successfully fire a clear shot to kill Dr. King from only a block away. The location of Bessie Brewer’s boarding house was in the perfect position of being only a block away, in making the kill shot that killed Dr. King. Second, The high-power rifle with a scope mounted on it was in a bundle with a couple beer cans, the receipt, as well as the binoculars, all had fingerprints that belonged to Ray on them.
According to the police officer, the murder was perfectly planned and the suspect did not leave any evidences behind. The officers stated that the weapon the murder used had to be around the house and it must be sharp and a heavy object. The police officer, Jack Noonan said finding the weapons might help them to catch the suspect easily. After a long time of search the doctor said “her husband had been killed by a blow to the head …. back of his head was broken into pieces.”
Dudley’s statements contained inconsistencies. Further, it led to the belief that Dudley was simply trying to exonerate himself as a witness when giving his statement against Moir. In addition to Dudley, another key witness Mr. Gordon’s statements also had inconsistencies. Gordon claimed that he had given a shovel to Moir prior to Acorn’s death. This may lead the jury to believe that Moir’s involvement in Acorn’s murder was planned and deliberate (para. 27).
David Elderidge should be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of murder. Although the defendant claims that he is not guilty, they are wrong because Mr. Elderidge had the motive to kill Mr. Armes, the spatula that killed Mr. Armes had Mr. Elderidge’s fingerprints on it, and Mr. Elderidge was seen at the crime scene by William Warden shortly before Mr. Armes’s death. The first reason in the case was that Mr. Eldridge had a motive to kill Mr. Armes. Sandy Smith testified Mr. Eldridge was in desperate need of money because the bank would repossess his home.
The man, whose identity has not yet been released, now lives in a senior care facility in Ontario, according to [url=http://news.yahoo.com/why-91-old-confessed-murder-nearly-70-years-205208117.html t=_blank]Yahoo News[/url]. He reportedly went into a nearby police station to confess to the crime so many years ago, halfway across the world. The police searched through all the unsolved murder cases from that time frame.
One fateful Night, murder occurred in Ellis Household. Paul Dudden, the unhappy guest wanting to take over the Ellis house and force Amy Ellis to marry him. Paul Dudden’s death was unexpected but it was a murder. Only one person out of the 6 suspects could have done it. Wilfred hope killed Paul Dudden hoping to settle the dispute once and for all.
However, after more recent research and reviewing much of the conjecture and comments made over the years by many writers of the events surrounding the murder of Cirkle and of the evidence that has assumed the culpability of John Gilbert and Jack O'Meally, and although as has been well established that O’Meally and Gilbert were indeed frequently in action in the area of the Miners Rest Inn at Spring Creek Burrangong then owned by Mr. Cirkle, consequently, on the new evidence it has become veritably apparent that O'Meally was the suspected shooter of Adolf Cirkle, but not in conjunction with John Gilbert, but another person named John Clarke. Furthermore, the article below appeared in the 'The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser'
Tom Robinson Found Guilty Last weekend, despite his lawyer’s attempts, Tom Robinson was found guilty of taking advantage of Mayella Ewell. Robinson was accused by Robert Ewell of raping and beating his daughter Mayella Ewell. Robinson is a Negro and lives by the town dump with his wife and children. The witnesses called to the stand were Heck Tate, the county sheriff, and Bob and Mayella Ewell.
I believe George Stinney is innocent . Because first of all he didn’t get a fair trial . Also, his sister claims to be with his the time of the murder, and when this happened it was racism time . Lastly, there were a lot of people that wanted him dead because they thought he killed the two white girls, Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames. I believe he’s innocent but back then, most of the white people and the Judge , also the Jury thought he was guilty , just because he and his sister were the last to see the girls .
Based on the facts provided by each witness, the verdict of this trial should be: Not guilty. The following witnesses that prove Tom Robinson’s innocence are Mr. Heck Tate, Mayella Ewell, and Bob Ewell. The Evidence from Mr.Tate’s testimony contradicts with Reverend Sykes’ inside story. When Mr. Tate was elaborating on Mayella’s bruises, he mentioned: “there were definite finger marks on her gullet” (226) and “were all around” (226) her neck.
The town of Maycomb, Alabama recently experienced a controversial and historical trial on the case of Tom Robinson, an African American man, being accused of raping and assaulting 19 year old Mayella Ewell. Many people from all over packed into the Maycomb courthouse to see the verdict of this case. Tom Robinson was defended by Mr. Atticus Finch, while Mr. Wilmer Gilmer was Miss Ewell’s attorney for this case. Mr. Finch provided strong evidence that Mr. Robinson did not perpetrate this crime. However, Mr. Robinson was unanimously proven guilty and sentenced to the electric chair to be killed as a punishment for this said crime.
Gentleman of the jury, today we have heard the accusations against Tom Robinson. He is accused of rape. I, Atticus Finch, have been appointed as Mr. Robinson’s defense and I urge you to strongly believe that he is telling the truth. In Mr. Heck Tate’s testimony he stated that Tom Robinson has raped Bob Ewell’s daughter called Mayella.
But, this was only through the word of Priscilla Grinder, the only known witness of the event. However, there are new clues. A ballistics test and an autopsy report show that it would have been impossible for Merriweather Lewis’ death to have been a suicide, but rather, murder by conspiracy.
To start it all off, Manchester was a three hundred pound basebal loving, sweet treat addict with a kind heart. Unfortunately for him his brother Skidmore was an evil man who was envious, and down to no good. He gave everyone around him the creeps and that could be another reason of why other people thought he was guilty was because nobody likedf him so they wanted to accuse Skidmore. Initially, Skidmore hated Manchester and finally decided to do something about it like poisoning his pretzel because he knew he could get more than one thing from his death. One of the things that he can get is the family wealth, and another is a better feeling that your brother who everyone loved is
After a couple minutes the smoke cleared and 11 people were wounded, 5 of them fatally injured. The trial was held a couple weeks after the massacre. He was acquitted of the charges by the