SC - Axe murders

[Charles McCathieNevile]

Cariadoc probably knows this better than I (I would expect so) but being 
acquitted of a crime does not necessarily mean that you did not perform a 
particular deed. As an example, I have known people arrested for trespass 
and resisting arrest. The law of trespass hereabouts requires, in effect, 
that you ignore a policeman telling you to leave. Said persons stated to 
the police that they had not heard the request to leave (this was at a 
Uni sit-in) and therefore were not trespassing, but were merely in the 
room. Since they did not break in, they could not be charged over how 
they got there. Therefore there were no grounds for an arrest, and the 
charges of resisting (which they freely admitted they did) were dropped.

Charles

On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, Decker, Terry D. wrote:
> >Look what Lizzie Borden did over a bit of spoiled mutton.
> 
> If you are referring to the ax murders, look a little deeper.  Lizzie
> Borden was acquitted in a court of law, therefore, by our rules, she
> didn't do a thing. :-)
> 
> Bear
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