Beyond Reasonable Doubt?, page 55
and AT appeal (1971) 272, 273, 303
and Crewe will appeal 42
objects to continued advertisements for .22 bullets and the campaign 406–7
and possibility of cartridge case being planted 423
One Ton Cup races 263
Onewhero rugby football 4, 5
Onewhero secondary school 281
Orr, G. S. 407
Orton 332, 333
Otahutu Magistrates’ Court:
AT committed for trial at Auckland Supreme Court 158
Crown dispenses with opening speech 134, 135
Crown’s premise 142–3
hearings open (December, 1970) 133
Otahuhu police station 57, 84, 93, 99, 110, 111, 238, 244
Paerata Hotel 321
Palmerston North Supreme Court 41
Parakai 263
Paremoremo Prison, AT in 20–21, 59, 94, 223, 269, 271, 302, 385, 395, 396, 406
Parkes, Detective Sergeant 192, 197–8, 509
AT’s father’s statement drafted by 358
and axle 76, 424
and brush and comb set 56, 200, 327–8, 352, 500
collects AT rifle again 82
interrogation of AT 72–3, 86, 111, 200–201, 226, 229, 352, 500
search of Crewe gardens reveals cartridge case 102–6, 196, 197, 292
and the trailer 80
visits McGuire 100
visits Murray 100–101
visits Payne 99
Parnell 366
Payne, David 50
and Demler as suspect 73
Detective Parkes interviews 99
Detective Toothill interviews 99
and ratepayers’ meeting 2, 65, 100
rifle unchecked 65–6, 504
Pentonville prison, London 431, 432
perjury, accusations of 20
Perry, Mr Justice (Sir Clifford) 307, 308, 316, 322, 323, 364, 365–6, 371, 380, 381, 382, 384, 402
Perry, Graham 308
phone bugging, accusations of 20, 349–51, 368
Piper, Karen 128–9
Pirrett, Thirryl 3, 27, 58, 165, 170, 487
police conferences:
Crown Prosecutor attends 54
decision not to make arrest until bodies found 54
decision to arrest Demler 78
Hutton at 54, 448
review of investigations 102–3
police malpractice, accusations of 20
Garratt on 77
and Slater case 432
Sprott/Booth file 407–8
suppression of AT’s letters from other women 119, 160
suppression of Caughey report 27, 142
suppression of evidence of time of murders 160, 261 417–18
suppression of Fisher’s statement 427–8
suppression of Julie Priest/Ross Fleming statements 421
suppression of Professor Elliot’s report 27–8, 142
suppression of witness to cleaning up activity 160, 420–21
Temm’s accusation 261
Porritt, Governor-General Sir Arthur 282
press censorship 280
Priest, Julie 8
and ballistic tests 418–19
Charles and Parkes visit farm 104
complains that misquoted 446–7
followed while shopping 278
hears two shots (8.15 p.m.–8.45 p.m.) 418, 420, 430
and Len Demler’s response to being number one suspect 53
Priest, Owen 7, 174, 187, 257, 418
and ballistic tests 419
belief that Rochelle had been fed 31–2
and Charles/Parkes cartridge find 105
complains that misquoted 446–7
complains of intimidation and harassment 277–8
and JC’s nervousness after haybarn fire 48
phones the police 9, 74
and retrial committee 278
visits murder scene 8–9, 52
workshop broken into 287
Priest family 44, 48, 50, 52, 103
Privy Council (of Great Britain) 275, 408
Pukekawa:
attitude of residents to police 17
division over AT 277–8
‘Hill’ of 3
JC and Heather at school in 35
JC visits 40
JC’s lack of friends in 39
media roams all over 60, 128, 279
stable quality of life in 3
violence in history of 1–2
Pukekawa Church 53
Pukekawa Hall 4, 116
Pukekawa Primary School 4, 35, 89, 114
Pukekohe 51, 90, 96, 115, 125, 143, 185, 348, 390, 502
Pukekohe Hospital 47
Pukekohe North School 35, 36
Pukekohe police station 107
R v. Thomas (1972) 274
Rangiriri 56, 332
Rasmussen, Roderick 79, 82, 93, 162, 201, 214, 357, 358, 481, 482, 510
ratepayers’ meeting 165
Demler never attends 3
list of those attending 99
McGuire at 65, 100
Murray at 100
Payne and 2, 65, 100
and Thomas’ attendance/non-attendance 90, 99, 104, 244, 357, 495, 496
and timing of murders 260
Rawson, Mr (magistrate) 434
Remuera 21, 334
retrial committee:
another committee emerges to combat 278
and axle 350
and book on the case 290
corrosion tests 288–9, 300
digs up AT farm tip 279
donations sent to 277, 278–9
friction between members 281
Hutton and 280, 388
and McGregor Report 285
members interviewed on television 280–81
and pattern 8 bullets 360–61
and public meetings 390
reward offer 408
tests rifles 279
VT and 288
and VT’s ‘pregnancy’ rumour 292
Richmond, Mr Justice 297, 299, 386, 396
rifles see under guns
Ritchie, Jack 366–8
Robinson, Mr 100
Robinson, Mrs 100
Robinson, Neil xv, 442–3, 444
Rock, Bob 307, 308, 309, 375, 381, 382, 383, 402
Roddick, Bruce 20, 187
and appeal (1973) 302
brother’s rifle collected 66
car stripped by police 18–19
Garratt on police treatment of 77
home broken into 287
Hutton dismisses evidence of 32, 346
identity parade 107
interviewed at Chitty farm 17–18, 19
original statements to the police 15–16
and photograph of suspected woman 443–8, 451
and question of Rochelle’s feeding after the murders 15, 443–8
shows Johnston where worked 305, 329–30, 363
sighting of woman and car 15–16, 27, 30, 33, 96, 107–8, 168–9, 187, 242–4, 253, 289, 304, 305, 317–18, 330, 347, 362–5, 421, 444, 445, 447–8, 451 472, 497–8
subpoenaed 162, 304, 346, 347
Roddick, Mr (Bruce’s father) 18
Roddick, Mrs 18–19, 93
Roddick family 304, 329
Rolling Stone 387
Roose Shipping Company 98, 114, 117, 413
Ross, Detective Superintendent 9, 54, 339
Royal Commission of Inquiry 447–9
Ruawaro 127
Ryan, Gerald 310, 342, 381, 382, 384–5
Ryan, Kevin 108, 394, 443
and appeal (1973) 292, 293, 301, 302
awaits verdict 382
and Mrs Batkin 314–16
cross-examines Hutton 342–9
decides to defend AT 310
decision to call AT as a witness 349
and Eggleton evidence 275
exhibits sent to Home Office 290
final address 377–80
and Hutton 342, 343, 388, 389
and Sir Alfred North 406
Mr Justice Perry and 322
personal contest with Morris in retrial 303
on ‘planted’ Charles case 421–2
and police caravan 311
reaction to Morris’ reference to a sexual attack 375
reassures frightened jury 384–5
replaces Temm 276
and second trial jury 307–10
Sprott asks for access to bullet exhibit 369–70
St Cuthbert’s school, Auckland 35, 39, 41, 86, 89
Savage, Solicitor-General R.C., QC 280, 407
Scots College, Wellington 30, 42
Scott-Henderson 285
Seaby, Kathryn 433
Seaman, Detective Sergeant:
interrogation of AT 72–3, 86, 111, 200, 226, 229, 352, 500
as unseen witness 229
second trial (1973) 127, 308–85
AT collapses 340
car list 344–5
Caughey evidence revealed 27
‘changed evidence’ 313–21
Court of Appeal orders 302
Demler swears he did not receive payment for transfer of land 38
expert evidence 333–8, 365–6, 370–72, 378–9
final speeches 373–82
as a ‘grotesque farce’ 430
jury 304, 306–10, 313, 324, 382–3, 384–5, 387
leaves many unanswered questions 386
Morris’s opening address 308
Nelson measures letters 399–400
and police caravan 310–11, 321, 324, 379
reactions to verdict 383, 387, 402
sentence 384
Sprott evidence 370, 371, 389, 399
Temm on 303–4
Seward, Joseph 435
Shanahan, Rory 511
and Charles case 106, 109–10, 155–6, 157, 204, 205, 425–6, 477–8
and corrosion tests 333–4, 336, 372, 378–9
at Crewe farm 11, 12
evidence of 155–6, 157, 204–5, 300, 333–4, 335, 508
and possible Sprott bluff/error 401
and possibility of the cartridge cases being planted 423
test-fires AT rifle 425–6
Sharp, Commissioner of Police (later Sir Angus) 388, 389
Shea, John 371, 373, 389, 511
Shirley, Emmett 5, 168
Shirtcliffe, Mr 78
Slater, Oscar xv, 432, 433
Sly, Brian 135, 190
Smith, Margaret 2, 112, 116, 125–6, 225, 281, 383
Smith, Ted 2, 65–6, 116, 122, 206–7, 278
Souter, Heather (née Demler; JC’s sister) 49, 50
birth 34
Booth a boyfriend of 153, 203
education 35
and father as suspect 53, 71
and father’s birthday party 50
and fight over custody of Rochelle 55
HC buys her half of the Chennell farm 43, 450
and mother’s will 48–9, 51, 450
owns half-share in uncle’s farm 34–5, 177, 450
tells AT of JC’s being in Maramarua 89, 116, 117
visits JC in Wanganui 40
Souter, Mr (Heather’s father-in-law) 66
Souter, Robert 48, 51
Spence, Constable 74, 75
Spratt, Ian 18, 50, 52, 56, 278
Spratt, Peggy 48, 53, 56
Spratt family 44, 50, 52
Sprott, Dr James 3, 397, 406, 408, 410, 491–2, 508
and advertisement for .22 pattern 8 bullets 366, 267
and axle 76
Baragwanath refuses to allow re-examination of cartridge cases 372
Booth joins forces with 390
and cartridge case categories 20, 368, 369, 371–2, 380, 389–90
and Charles cartridge 369
evidence at appeal (1973) 300
file presented to government 407–8
Hutton and 345
Keith bullet examined 368–9, 398, 426
Miller and 402
Nelson and 337–8, 400–401
number of rounds examined 406, 424
State Advances Corporation (SAC) 124, 148, 149, 195, 217
Station Hotel, Auckland 158, 263, 310, 385, 387
Stevens, Constable 136, 163, 313–14
stub axles:
found at AT farm 82, 90, 153, 162, 202, 330–31, 413, 424, 449, 485, 489, 491, 511
Rasmussen and 201
Sturrock and Monteith 108
subpoena, use of 161–2, 261, 304, 317, 346, 347
Sunday Herald 388
Sunday News 12, 13, 276–7, 280, 285, 387–8
Sunday Times 12–13, 276, 278, 282
Sutherland, Janet 37
Swain, Evan 13, 163, 293, 367
Swan, Edith 433
Sweet 274
Taupo 12
Taylor, Mr Justice Pitt 438–9
Te Awamutu 270
Te Kuiti 359
television 471
closes down for the night 58, 65, 188, 215, 216, 249, 260, 414, 417, 420
switched on but disconnected at plug 11, 188, 215–16, 249, 417, 481
and timing of murders 58, 65, 188, 215–16, 249, 260, 420
Temm, Paul:
acts for AT at trial 159
and appeal 271–5, 406
appointed QC 159
asks for dismissal of charges 158
attempt to obtain inventory of items brought from the river 143–7
Bell and 291
case taken from him 275–6
and Crown’s dispensing with opening speech 134, 135
differences between marks on bottom of Charles case and one fired from AT rifle 205
fails to put certain questions to witnesses 190–91, 193
final speech in first trial 254–63
and Sir Trevor Henry’s remarks on axle 482–3
and Hewson 276
initial interview with AT 111
instructs AT not to leave his farm accompanied by the police 109, 110
judge refuses to allow evidence of two witnesses 247–8
and Keith evidence 153–4
and Morris’ improper questioning of AT (second trial) 375–6
and murder/suicide theory 193–4, 257–9, 273–4
obstructed 131–2, 133–4
and police inventory 216–17
positioning of chair makes louvre shooting an impossibility 219, 470
relies on photographs to establish differences between marks on bottoms of Charles case and one fired from AT gun 205
and subpoenaed witnesses 162
takes AT case 108–9
Thomas, Allan (AT’s father) 89
AT leases farm from 89
and axle 483
and family 113
and MacIntyre 514
and papers of Rasmussen transaction 358
and petition 284
phone tapping 351
pieces of machinery taken from property 357–8
statement drafted by Parkes 358
subpoenaed 162
supports ‘the system’ 305
and the trailer 79–80, 148, 201, 202, 357, 413, 449, 480
Thomas, Arthur Allan:
alibi 55, 352, 417, 463, 486, 496, 500
alleged ‘courting’/‘pestering’ of JC 35–40, 55, 56, 63, 86–90, 92, 116–18, 120, 137–42, 149–51, 164, 168, 200, 232–3, 245, 255, 256–7, 264, 314, 316, 329, 348, 353, 354–5, 465–6, 493–4, 499
arrested and charged 112, 131
asks for lie-detector test 388
author’s attempt to obtain confession from 410
ballistic knowledge 91, 111–12, 156
at Barr Brothers 120, 139, 194, 195, 255, 326, 328, 348
believes JC will lend him money 153, 495
‘blood-stained overalls’ 91, 92–3
car examined 55, 82
character 121, 124
collapses in second trial 340
committed for trial 158
compensation to 449
continued love for VT 395, 406
Crown prosecution account of murders xxiii–xxvii
dancing lessons 115–16, 225–6
dental appointment 90, 96–7, 246, 348, 473, 495
distinctive wine of car 165, 247, 358, 414
education 114
evidence at second trial 349–57
exhibits from Crewe farm unconnected with 143
family of 113–14
at fancy dress dance (24 October) 84, 97, 232
and financial pressure 104, 124, 148, 195–6, 461, 495
and first discussion of movements on night of 17 June 227–8, 235–7, 473–4, 496
girlfriends 117–20
‘guilty’ remark overheard by Keith 82–3, 91, 153–5, 203, 230–31, 272–3, 475–6, 501
and HC association 194, 326, 464–7, 494
Hughes places on Crewe farm after Crewe marriage 149–50
Hutton does not recall AT’s girlfriends’ letters 348
Hutton questions 85–9, 93–5
as Hutton’s ‘No. 2 suspect’ 61, 62–3
interrogated by Parkes and Seaman 72–3, 86, 111, 200, 226, 229
legal papers inspected 83–4
lies about black singlet 232, 502
life sentence (first trial) 267
McGregor report 284
makes statement 89–92, 94
moved back to Mount Eden before retrial 302
nature of his marriage 122–4
parallels with Eyre and Bayly cases 126–7
petition asking for retrial 282
popular press keeps up unremitting campaign for 280
and pubic hair collection 118, 120, 195, 349, 351–2
question of familiarity with Crewe house layout xvi, 136–7, 164, 194, 195
released 447
returns to Paremoremo 385
and robbery/fire incidents at Crewe farm 46, 47
and Rochelle 22, 31
and Roose Shipping 114, 117
Royal Commission’s conclusions 448–9
Royal Pardon 447
shocked by verdict (second trial) 384
solicitor arranged 108–9
and suppression of evidence 27, 28
VC visits in Paremoremo 269, 279, 287, 292
and VC’s announcement that seeking a divorce 406
Vesey’s role in campaign for 359–60
see also under axles; brush and comb set; Cow No. 4: guns; watches
Thomas, Desmond (AT’s brother)113, 279
Thomas family 408–9
confident of AT’s release 133
friction with VT 281
in court 343, 383
loyalty of 132–3
and Peter Williams 390–91
Temm replaced by Ryan 275–6
Thomas farm:
and cartridge cases 83, 157, 204, 246, 277, 360
Charles visits 73, 84
and farm dump 78, 80, 82, 90, 91, 92, 153, 162, 166, 202, 247, 279, 281, 331, 413, 424, 482, 489, 491, 502, 511, 512
Hughes visits 55
Hutton visits 84, 85
