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The Trials of Dr Peacock

Presenter(s): 
Malcolm Howell
Start: 
Wednesday 15 Jun 2016 - 8:00pm
Finish: 
Wednesday, 15 June 2016 - 10:00pm
Location: 
Clarendon Terrace, 210 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne,
Entry fee: 
Members free; non-members $5.00

Lawyer Malcolm Howell will put the facts before us in the case of the alleged murder in 1911 of Mary Margaret Davies by Dr Samuel Peacock as the result of an illegal operation.  Dr Peacock's private hospital was at 62 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne.  Mary's body was never found and this was the first time anyone had been charged with murder where there was no proof that a death had occurred. The case went through three trials before Peacock was finally acquitted.  But did he get away with murder?  

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