Golf Links Murder Appeal
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THE Australian High Court in Sydney, on December 11, re served its judgment in the appeal of half-caste Frederick Phillip Smith, of Rabaul, New Guinea, against conviction for the murder of Adela Woo and Leo Mattemeno on Rabaul golf links last May.
In July, the Chief Justice of New Guinea, sitting without a jury, found Smith guilty of the murders and recorded the death sentence.
In his appeal, Smith submitted that there was no evidence to sup port the conviction, that alleged confessions made to the police were not free and voluntary, and that there was no corroboration of the case against him.